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Error code: DatasetGenerationError
Exception: ArrowInvalid
Message: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 46
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 153, in _generate_tables
df = pd.read_json(f, dtype_backend="pyarrow")
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 815, in read_json
return json_reader.read()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1025, in read
obj = self._get_object_parser(self.data)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1051, in _get_object_parser
obj = FrameParser(json, **kwargs).parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1187, in parse
self._parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1403, in _parse
ujson_loads(json, precise_float=self.precise_float), dtype=None
ValueError: Trailing data
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1997, in _prepare_split_single
for _, table in generator:
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 156, in _generate_tables
raise e
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 130, in _generate_tables
pa_table = paj.read_json(
File "pyarrow/_json.pyx", line 308, in pyarrow._json.read_json
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 154, in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 91, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 46
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1529, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1154, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1029, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1124, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1884, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2040, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
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It’s Not A Sin To Work For Global Times
By Justin Mitchell May 31, 2013 1:00 pm Comments: 12
“Is it a sin to work for Global Times?” asks the headline to a recent SCMP blog by Amy Li that launches into an account of a recent, unpleasant and viral Weibo exchange between a reporter from the English version of GT, Zhang Zhilong, and a scribe for a more liberal paper, China Business News, Wang Wai. Zhang had contacted Wang under the unspoken “we’re all journalists together” pact in hopes of getting more police information about a taxi accident involving his parents and doing a story about it.
Wang asked what paper Zhang worked for and the response was harsh. Wrote Li: “Upon hearing the name Global Times, Wang said: ‘Then I don’t care’ and hung up.”
Ugly Weibo exchanges followed, with many onlookers cheering Wang and calling Zhang a “50-center.”
But is it a sin? Ms. Li should have asked at least two of her Chinese SCMP coworkers. Before “defecting” to the SCMP, and despite their “sin,” they both toiled through self-censoring managers under the Red Thumb and the imagined whims of the egomaniac and decidedly marmot-banged Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin, who, Li wrote, also courts controversy. As Hu wrote on his Weibo following the Zhang-Wang spat:
“It’s nothing. Global Times has such a large circulation. [Note: without a specific number -- it’s always been a mystery.] Its website is the largest besides [state tit] the People’s Daily. Confidence helps people maintain their manners.”
Hu thrives on attention, good or bad, as long as they spell his name right. To his small credit, he did “liberalize” the English language version from the rabid Chinese version, albeit with very mixed results. The opinion page continues to suck dead rats and draws the most negative attention, but if one sifts through the news pages there are still some gems.
GT has run stories that China Daily (where as a PR for the PRC hack I also worked) would never touch. Maybe my proudest two moments at GT were finally getting the foreigners paid on time and killing a story headlined, “Incest Around the World,” based on an old Austrian-based story about the animal who imprisoned and fucked his daughters for years. It was neatly summarized according to countries and incest relationships. Guess which country was omitted? “It’s a Small World After All (Except China)” kept ringing through my head as I read it.
As the first foreigner hired at GT-English, I recruited both of those two previously alluded to SCMP reporters after working with them separately in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. I admit, I felt a bit guilty as I couldn’t exactly figure out why they wanted to be a part of what would become the ultimate clusterfuck, but felt they could make a difference. But in their time they did a helluva job, inspired younger reporters and ultimately went on to the SCMP, which has had its own managerial and self-censored sins to consider.
Tags: Global Times, Journalism
12 Responses to “It’s Not A Sin To Work For Global Times”
Chinese Netizen
May 31st, 2013 4:58pm
SCMP is a mainland paper now for all intents and after they finally get rid of the expat writers and completely staff it with mainland “talent” like their editor in chief, will they show their true colors. Kind of like Fox News.
bag-o-dicks
You’ve never read the paper, have you?
Owain Lloyd-Williams
Nicely written and very informative Justin – always good to read articles that go against the popular grain. I can’t say I’ve worked for the Global Times or The China Daily though have always been intrigued as to how the general workings of foreign editors is undertaken there.
I still don’t really understand this story, and it seems to me that Ms. Li is not helping much.
Why would Zhang expect Wang to help him? Why would Wang, working for China Business News, be in a position to help Zhang? Why would Zhang lose track of his goal (supposedly, helping his parents by getting information about the accident) and decide the most pressing thing in the world is calling out Wang?
Zhang really comes across as arrogant to decide that Wang’s lack of help is rude and inconsiderate. You are asking a favor and you get turned down and have a hissy fit? That’s bs. Additionally, why would Zhang be surprised that he is looked down upon by many for working for an organization like GT? Has he not been there long? If he has, he really needs to get out more often.
I still wonder if the whole thing wasn’t a set up. Where was this accident and what police station is implicated? Zhang needs to come clean.
Oskar Riesemann
Richard Burger of Peking Duck blog used to work for the Global Times. Which figures, given he’s a total asshole and his Peking Duck “blog” nothing much better than toilet tissue for the eyeballs. On his CV he describes his time at GT as being with an “internationally recognized english language newspaper” and consequently promotes himself as an expert on China as a result. He’s not, he’s an American asswipe and many of these journo types are the same..
“On his CV ”
Total stalker.
Silence, disgruntled ABC with a grudge!
June 1st, 2013 7:21pm
Burger always refers to his time with Global Times as being with an “internationally renowned English language newspaper in China”. Which may impress some American idiots in the US but doesn’t fool anyone else. And Oskar is right, “Peking Duck” is a BeijingCream wannabe unmoderated slag fest where the lowest ranking demoninator – such as the boorish FOARP who now makes it his home – wins. Folk like that are unrepresetative of the majority of higher quality expats that write about China, and Peking Duck just brings the genre down to its lowest level of intellect.
June 2nd, 2013 4:38am
As a graphic designer my biggest complaint is actually the look of the website. I can’t stand it when people use ‘oriental’ fonts.
June 2nd, 2013 10:22am
I’d like half a pound of top-quality foreigner, pls. No, only triple-a quality foreigner will do.
John Monash
June 3rd, 2013 4:13pm
I’d prefer a triple dose of CDE sock-puppets, pls.
Instead of only a Laurence & Oscar double-act.
June 4th, 2013 11:35pm
@John Monash Brilliant. One sometimes forgets Chris is out there, nursing his grudges and licking his wounds/balls. Thanks for the timely reminder. Yes, Richard Burger, what a famous “asshole”
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Religious class for deaf Muslims tests limits of American Sign Language
The teacher is late for class, but none of the students seem to mind. Instead, they are scattered around the main floor of Masjid Toronto, a mosque in the city’s downtown core, seemingly lost in their own conversations.
Hands move frantically and eyes indicate comprehension. For many of the 20-or-so students in the room here to attend the city’s only Islamic class for deaf Muslims, being able to socialize with others from the community is as rare as the chance to learn about their faith.
“Deaf Muslims don’t have many opportunities to meet others from that community, so the chance to have those social connections is very fulfilling,” said Amina Daimee, among the first Muslim ASL/English interpreters who graduated from the George Brown College program this year.
“And because of this class, many of them feel it’s finally their time to access their faith and Islam, because they have never had that before,” said Daimee, who attends the class with her parents who are both deaf.
The teacher, Sheikh Abdool Hamid, arrives and everyone gathers on the floor around him. He begins with the customary prayer, usually done in Arabic. But for this bimonthly class he has promised to keep his lessons strictly in English so that Daimee can use American Sign Language to communicate.
“It’s a new learning experience for me. I have never had to speak before without using Arabic terms,” said Hamid.
But in a class as diverse as this, even English has its limitations. Many here began speaking Pakistani Sign Language, Arabic Sign Language and Turkish Sign Language long before they knew ASL existed — and are only now learning the nuances of the second language.
Moreover, ASL doesn’t really take diversity into consideration, said Daimee. Words like ‘Mecca’ and ‘Mohammed’ simply don’t exist. So the class has agreed for now to simply spell such words out.
Some English words have to be adapted for the Islamic context.
“The sign for ‘prayer’ is different for Muslims, and you can’t make the sign for ‘blessing’ like Catholics do, in the shape of a cross. It would be something else,” said David Kolenda, an ASL/English interpreter who has been helping the group out.
But the challenge of communicating with people from a dozen countries is further complicated by what they already know.
“There are signs that are very unique — even in Pakistan they might have a sign for Mecca, but if you go to Kuwait, they might have a different sign for Mecca,” said Daimee.
Which is why most of the first class in April began with an extensive discussion on the most basic aspect of any religion class: a common sign for God.
“Almost everyone in the class had a different sign for Allah,” said Daimee. “They all pointed upwards, but the biggest difference is the shape of the hand,” she explained.
“Then people had different signs for ‘imam’, for ‘Quran’, even for ‘Islam’ . . . so those are the things we had to discuss to set what we would use for this class.”
“So in a way, with every class, we are kind of making up a new language on the spot,” she said. And perhaps the beginning of what some may see as a distinct Canadian-Muslim sign language.
“Language is always evolving, so who knows what will happen?” said Daimee.
This is the first time, in over 15 years, that there has been an official Islamic class for deaf Muslims, said Rabia Khedr, executive director of the Canadian Association of Muslims with Disabilities, the group organizing the classes. The community, made up of dozens of individuals, has largely been isolated from each other since then.
“Some of these people have come to a mosque after a long time,” said Khedr. “For many of the teenagers, this is their first time being involved in anything religious,” she said.
“And what they all really want is a class where they can learn the basics of their faith — who was Adam, the stories of the prophets, and learn what prayer really is — basically an Islam 101,” she said.
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Kokoro Connect 03 — Mr. Nice Guy
July 21, 2012 Kokoro Connectanime, kokoro connectdraggle
Taichi takes the ideal of the nice-guy harem lead to its logical conclusion. He’s such a selfless person that his role models are “jobbers” in wrestling, who let themselves get beaten up. This is not what I was expecting when I heard he liked wrestling.
Inaba has a problem with this, but I don’t. Ok, admiring people who let themselves get beaten up is a bit strange, although I can see where he’s coming from. But who wouldn’t do whatever they can to help their friends? I don’t find this trait of Taichi’s strange at all.
What I do find a bit disconcerting, however, is his belief that he can solve all his friend’s problems. When he discovers Yui’s fear of men, he confronts her and asks her how he can help. Taichi believes that this is a problem that he can solve. And that, in my opinion, is a form of pride and vanity.
Yui has had a fear of men since middle school due to a traumatic, life-alerting experience. It’s such a deep fear that it’s built into her body, not only her mind, as attested to by Yoshifumi. And Taichi thinks that he can solve it in one night?
But the worst part is, he does. All it takes is a kick to the balls. This was a bit frustrating for me. It trivialized Yui’s deep psychological problems into something that can be easily solved through physical violence and power. But hey, that kick was pretty funny.
Back to Inaba’s accusation that Taichi is a selfless freak. In the same conversation, she tells Taichi to “bag” Iori before Fujishima beats him to it. I don’t think that these two parts of the conversation are separate topics. Inaba tells Taichi to “bag” Iori because Inaba herself is a selfless freak. She’s in love with Taichi too, but is selflessly letting Inori have him. Inaba is a selfless freak, and she hates herself for it.
This show’s setup is built for comedy gold. The possibilities for crazy hijinks are endless when you can switch bodies at any time. The format is a vast improvement over the more common permanent body switches because there may be unexpected retribution when you switch back.
My favorite character at the moment is Inaba. She’s self-assured yet awkward, straight and to the point yet dishonest, and generally more complex than the type of anime characters we’re used to. I’m still supporting Iori in the love triangle though… Inaba’s not the best match for Taichi.
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12 thoughts on “Kokoro Connect 03 — Mr. Nice Guy”
Flawfinder says:
I really can’t stand Taichi’s character at all. He’s so much like the main character in Da Capo to the point that I’m finding the crazy lesbian more interesting than him. And yes, Inaba is awesome.
Hey, crazy lesbians are hard to beat.
Son Gohan says:
I usually dislike White Knight figures but in Taichi’s case I don’t feel that way. He is not risking his life for some girls he barely knows a la Touma Kamijou. He is just trying to help his friends. And there are people who feel better for helping others (volunteering for cleaning, etc) so he is not at all unrealistic.
Exactly. Who wanted try to help their friends? And I was always the guy who volunteered for that kind of stuff too.
John Sato says:
I assume this love triangle you’re speaking of is Iori, Inaba, and Taichi, which has the true end of Iroi x Inaba?
I hope you’re right.
jreding says:
Excellent post, Draggle, on an excellent episode!
“This show’s setup is built for comedy gold.” I expected (and wouldn’t have minded) some random body-switching comedy but it turns out to be so much more. This show rose much in my appreciation after the creepy Heartseed in ep. 2 and this ep.3. As they start touching some serious issues I’d feel that too much comedy would be misplaced for now. I’m looking forward to some drama!
“It trivialized Yui’s deep psychological problems into something that can be easily solved through physical violence and power.” I couldn’t agree more. Although, I suppose her problem was not lack of ability to fight in the first place. Someone (girl or not) trained in karate should be able to fend off an untrained aggressor and her karate looked pretty impressive last ep. Further, the trick Taichi taught her is the oldest one in existence; if she didn’t know this one she’s blind. So imo it was a super cheap and hardly credible solution to Yui’s trauma. I appreciate that this show picks up serious issues but I’m somewhat disappointed w/ this solution.
“My favorite character at the moment is Inaba.” Mine as well. Up until now I thought she would be like a catalyst for the other couples w/o being involved herself (similar to Remon-san in AnoNatsu) but after your comments I realized that she has her own love interest, as well.
They have struck a good balance of seriousness and comedy so far. The show’s managed to walk the line and do well at both. I hope they can keep that up.
I appreciate that this show picks up serious issues but I’m somewhat disappointed w/ this solution.
Same here. A few people I know are dropping this show and accusing it of all these terrible things because of this, but for me it’s disappointing but not the end of the world. It’s certainly not enough to ruin my enjoyment of the show.
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Marlin-sama says:
I dunno. I was fine with Yui having her fear of men broken by a show of power. The core source of her fear initially was about not being able to fight off her attacker, compounded by the failing of her strong background in martial arts. For Taichi to simply lend her a strategy to restore her confidence in her self-defense skills I think is pretty decent writing.
I guess that’s possible. I find it hard to believe that she wasn’t aware of the balls-kicking technique if she’s so good at martial arts though.
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The Occasional Pamphlet
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How much does a COPE-compliant open-access fund cost?
Tightrope walker, sculpture, Berlin, 2008. Photo from beezerella at flickr.com. Used by permission.
The short answer? Almost nothing.
The Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity is a statement of commitment to “the timely establishment of durable mechanisms for underwriting reasonable publication charges for articles written by its faculty and published in fee-based open-access journals and for which other institutions would not be expected to provide funds.” Some institutions who were considering signing on to the compact at its launch held off because of a worry that it might cost a lot of money at a time when library budgets are under phenomenal pressure. I had predicted that the costs would be minimal in my PLoS Biology paper proposing the compact. There, I said
By design, the overall cost to a university of implementing the compact, in the short term, would be quite small. Hybrid open-access fees are explicitly eschewed, and true open-access fees tend to be found at present in just those areas of scholarship where grant support is most prevalent, reducing the underwriting load on the university substantially. Rough estimates based on the experience of the Berkeley Research Impact Initiative fall in the range of tens of dollars per faculty member per year.
But I can understand that some universities might have wanted to wait until there is some empirical evidence of this claim. That evidence is now available. Barbara DeFelice, Director of the Digital Resources Program at Dartmouth Library has compiled some statistics from the COPE signatory institutions about their OA fund expenditures, which she discussed at a recent ARL talk. I used her statistics to calculate approximate costs per faculty member per year. The numbers reveal that the outlays are even more manageable than even I had estimated, perhaps by an order of magnitude. (I’ve made these numbers quite conservative by counting faculty conservatively and estimating that each article funded cost $1,500 dollars. The actual average seems to be somewhat less. As more data is collected, I’ll try to make it available.)
# Funded
Funded/year
Faculty size
$/faculty/year
Berkeley 31 92 35.61 1582 $33.77
Columbia 7 2 3.43 1377 $3.73
Cornell 11 3 3.27 1594 $3.08
Dartmouth 11 1 1.09 450 $3.64
Harvard 11 1 1.09 1633 $1.00
MSKCC 5 0 0.00 560 $0.00
MIT 2 0 0.00 1025 $0.00
Ottawa 8 25 37.50 1257 $44.75
For universities that run their OA funds in accordance with COPE recommendations (that is, no hybrid fees, no grant-funded articles), the costs come to not tens of dollars per faculty member per year, but single digit dollars. The outliers are Berkeley and Ottawa, both of which will cover hybrid fees (though Berkeley places tighter caps on fee per article) and will cover grant-funded articles (though they ask for grant funds to be used first).
The bottom line is that the direct costs of running a COPE-compliant open-access fund are trivial, and the administrative costs of dealing with handfuls of requests are trivial as well. Cost should not be an impediment to setting up an open-access fund in this way. In particular, harangues about open-access funds amounting to throwing away large quantities of valuable dollars can please stop now. For instance, Stevan Harnad likes to say things like “COPE is based on the illusion that there is enough money available in institutions today to pay for OA publication in all the must-have journals — Nature, Science, the American Physical Society journals, and all the other top journals — while continuing to subscribe to those journals (and we don’t as yet have OA for their contents, so it’s premature to cancel).” He either misunderstands the compact or willfully misrepresents it, since COPE-compliant funds need not, should not, and generally do not pay publication fees for the subscription journals he lists. COPE does not support “double-dipping”.
The reason that the costs of COPE-compliant open-access funds are so low is because demand for the funds is low because, in turn, there are very few quality OA journals charging publication fees, because, finally, to do so would be to put the journals at a systematic disadvantage in getting authors as compared to subscription journals that don’t charge fees. (This disadvantage is exactly what COPE is trying to remedy.) Here is how the numbers break down. Of the 5,000 or so open-access journals in the Directory of Open Access Journals, only a hundred or two are of the character that these universities’ researchers are likely to publish in them. For example, only a hundred or so are indexed by Thomson ISI for impact factors. Of these, the majority don’t charge publication fees, so can’t contribute to OA fund demand. Those that do charge a fee are overwhelmingly in the life sciences where grant funding is widespread, hence they also don’t generate demand on the OA fund.
If there is so little demand for an OA fund, why have it at all? The goal of a COPE-compliant OA fund is not short term maximization of access to an institution’s output. (If it were, then hybrid fees would be appropriate to underwrite. But that goal can be accomplished much more cost-effectively by establishing good green open-access policies.) Rather, the goal of COPE is to provide the basis for an alternative business model, should a large number of institutions similarly commit. If a large number of institutions were to commit to the compact, publishers would have a viable business model through charging publication fees in a way that they do not now have.
In essence, COPE is trying to establish a kind of safety net. Safety nets are useful even when they are not used. Safety nets allow people to take risks that we want to promote. A publisher changing its business model is incurring such a risk. We, the universities and research funders, may need collectively to build a very big safety net (university by university, funder by funder) to convince a publisher to take that risk. But given that the cost of each of our pieces of the safety net is so incredibly low, it is worth keeping our pieces up and encouraging others to add their pieces, in the hope that a big enough net will encourage the publishers to take the risk to walk the tightrope from the subscription model to the publication fee model. If we are successful, demand for the OA funds will grow as publishers will flip business model to an OA publication fee basis, thereby freeing up funds to pay those fees. If we are not successful, at least the costs are negligible.
(Thanks to Barbara DeFelice for collecting the data and making it available.)
[Update 11/16/2011: I’ve added a post on how funding agencies might best set up their part of the safety net.]
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4 Responses to “How much does a COPE-compliant open-access fund cost?”
Stevan Harnad Says:
ON SOWING GREEN BEFORE HARVESTING GOLD
For what it’s worth, my objections to COPE are not based on double-dipping; they are not even based on COPE per se. They are based on committing to COPE without first committing to mandating Green OA.
It is good that COPE does not propose to fund hybrid Gold (where the journal continues to get paid for subscriptions, and also gets paid for those articles that pay extra to be made OA). That’s double-dipping — though the publishers can (and some do) reply:
“No, it’s not double-dipping, it’s just a safety net, in case the market ever swings toward Gold: For now, we will reduce our subscriptions to reflect any Gold OA revenues. If and when the transition is complete, it’s complete,:all revenues come from Gold OA fees, zero from subscriptions. Never any double-dipping.”
A safety net to preserve current revenue streams, regardless of their source.
No, the ones who are double-dripping (sic) are the institutions, who are spending money on buying in subscriptions, and, whether they pay for hybrid Gold or pure-gold COPE journals (e.g., in the Springer/BMC “Membership Deal”), also spending money on Gold (scarce money, reputedly, given the years of agonizing over the serials crisis and journal price inflation).
But even that would not matter, if the institutions were just to mandate Green OA first.
But committing to paying for Gold OA of any description without first mandating Green OA strikes me as a real head-shaker. What we need is OA, not safety nets for publishers, Green OA mandates will bring us OA, 100% OA. Fiddling pre-emptively with the future of publishing will not.
Stuart has made such a brilliant, unique contribution to OA in orchestrating Harvard’s historic Green OA mandate. I continue to feel perplexed as to to why he is squandering any of his considerable expertise and influence at this critical juncture on persuading universities to squander their scarce resources (no matter how minimally) on pre-emptive Gold (as a publishers’ safety net) without first persuading them to follow his own gloriously Green example first.
Stuart Shieber Says:
So Prof. Harnad’s objections to COPE are not based on COPE. I’m glad we got that cleared up. Then perhaps he’ll stop saying things like “COPE is based on an illusion” when it’s not.
As to whether I have “become so preoccupied with Gold [OA]”: Scholarly publishing is a multifaceted problem. There are many actors and interests. Some of us confronted with a system of this complexity are able to entertain more than one idea at a time about the situation. Some of us on the other hand are stuck on one idea. They think that effort expended on any other ideas is a sign of “preoccupation”, of “fever“. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to think that the preoccupation or fever is in the mind of the person unwilling to entertain more than one idea at a time even when those ideas are not inconsistent with each other, are, in fact, synergistic. Just saying.
P.S. Upon reflection, I remembered that Stuart has actually given a hint of why he has become so preoccupied with Gold: Because one of the obstacles he had encountered in convincing faculty to vote-in a Green OA mandate by consensus, as Harvard FAS did, was (some) authors’ worries about publishers’ future.
So maybe the preoccupation with creating a safety net for publishers is really for the (sense of) safety of authors, so they are more likely to vote-in a Green OA mandate by consensus?
But the Harvard FAS’s historic consensus on Green OA came before any commitment to a Gold safety net. And the same is true of the over 150 other Green OA mandates worldwide to date (though most were adopted by presidential or provostial wisdom, rather than waiting for faculty to come to any consensus).
Wouldn’t a less costly and circuitous way of calming individuals’ concerns about the safety of publishers under Green OA mandates be to point out that if subscription publishing were ever caused to become unsustainable because of the availability of Green OA, the vast sums of money that institutions are now spending on subscriptions would then by the very same token be released as the “safety net” to pay for the conversion to Gold OA?
Does the first step really have to be pre-emptive payment, even token payment, rather than just going ahead and mandating the Green and letting the future of publishing take care of itself, while the research community takes care of getting its research into the hands of all its intended users at long last, instead of just those whose institutions can afford a subscription?
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@ThomasScialom @srush_nlp Yep. That was Alan Turing's point in his 1950 Mind paper "Computing machinery and intelligence".
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Congrats to my grad alma mater @Stanford for their new #openaccess policy, widening the 2010 @StanfordEd policy to the whole university. Fantastic! And thanks go to @StanfordLibs for establishing the new Office of Scholarly Communications. stanford.io/37lKHdB
A prime example of our educators fundamentally missing the point. It would be funny if it weren't so sad. #smh nyti.ms/2IVR9Qh
Here's an idea: Maybe (says @InfoEcon) there should be a market in truth for political ads and social media posts. Liars pay; truth-tellers can signal their honesty backed by bucks. See dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/34… for details.
@infodocket @AmericanPublish A little more @Auths_Alliance and a little less @AuthorsGuild would be a good idea.
As far as I can tell, to block someone from contacting you via Messages on MacOS, you need to first add the person to your contacts. Is it me, or is this *the stupidest design ever*?
For those interested, here's a better copy. nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.Ins… twitter.com/earnmyturns/st…
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10 Fascinating Facts About Covent Garden, London
March 13, 2017 November 11, 2017 David James history, pubs
Once an important working market and the backdrop for the musical My Fair Lady, Covent Garden today is one of London’s biggest tourist magnets, attracting over 44 million visitors annually.
Here are 10 fascinating facts about this historic area of London.
1. Covent Garden was once the bustling center of an Anglo-Saxon trading town
Established about a mile to the west of Londinium—the old Roman settlement now known as the City of London or “the Square Mile”—was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon trading town called Lundenwic, centered around the area that is now Covent Garden.
Described by the English monk, Bede the Venerable, in the 8th century as “a trading centre for many nations who visit it by land and sea”, the Old English term -wic derived from the Latin word vicus for “trading town”—so Lundenwic meant “London trading town”.
The Venerable Bede translating the Gospel of John on his deathbed by James Doyle Penrose
During Viking invasions in the 9th century, the Danish “Great Heathen Army” sacked Londinium and held it until 886 when Alfred the Great, “King of the Anglo-Saxons”, recaptured it and repaired the Roman walls.
As trading shifted to Londinium once more, Lundenwic was abandoned and became a wasteland.
A trading centre for many nations who visit it by land and sea
Lundenwic became known as Ealdwic, meaning “old trading town”.
Recent excavations in Covent Garden have revealed that the early Anglo-Saxon settlement once stretched from where the National Gallery is now to the area called Aldwych—some 150 acres.
2. Covent Garden derives its name from the French word couvent meaning Convent
“Covent Garden” is essentially a corruption of “Convent Garden” using the French couvent derivation as opposed to the Latin conventus.
Couvent means a religious building such as a nunnery or monastery.
By the 13th century, most of the present Covent Garden area was land belonging to Westminster Abbey which included a walled vegetable garden tended by the monks.
Covent Garden on the City of London in the 1560s with surrounding wall marked in green and Westminster Abbey inside black circle. British Library
3. Henry VIII seized the lands of Covent Garden and gave them to a friend
Francis, 4th Earl of Bedford by Henry Bone
Dissolving the monasteries in the 16th century gave King Henry VIII plenty of new lands, including those formerly owned by Westminster Abbey.
Covent Garden was given to John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford.
Sitting idly by for over 100 years in the family estate, it wasn’t until Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford had the bright idea to build a house on the land, that the Covent Garden we know today got its start.
Two of the area’s street names—Russell Street and Bedford Street—commemorate the family’s involvement in Covent Garden’s beginnings.
4. Covent Garden was designed by Royal Architect Inigo Jones
Commissioning Inigo Jones to build a square “fit for Gentlemen with ability”, the Earl of Bedford also asked Jones to build a church—St Paul’s—for his aristocratic clientele.
Inigo Jones is considered to have been the first significant architect of the early modern period.
To keep costs down for the church, the Earl requested nothing more extravagant than a barn.
Fit for Gentlemen with ability
“You shall have the finest barn in London”, replied Jones.
The porticoed St Paul’s Church has sat proudly overlooking the piazza to this day.
Portrait of Inigo Jones after Anthony van Dyck
St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden. Credit Adamina
St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden. Credit Patrice78500
Click here to view the interior of St Paul's Church on Google Street View
5. Covent Garden was the first piazza in London
A passageway reminiscent of the Place des Vosges
Influenced by the grand piazza’s of Europe, Covent Garden’s piazza was originally bounded by “portico houses” on its north and east sides with continuous arcades running underneath, creating a passageway reminiscent of the Place des Vosges in Paris.
Known as the Great Piazza and the Little Piazza respectively, the houses sold quickly to aristocrats and court society.
Covent Garden Piazza, by Edward Rooker after Thomas Sandby, 1768
Place des Vosges, Paris. Credit Mbzt
Piazza and buildings in front of Covent Garden
Apple Store Covent Garden. Credit Magnus D, flickr
Covent Garden Piazza. Credit Wally Gobetz
Click here to view the Covent Garden Piazza on Google Street View
Influencing the overall design of Covent Garden was Inigo Jones’s knowledge of town planning in Europe, particularly the Grand Piazza in Livorno, Tuscany.
Piazza Grande, Livorno. Credit Luca Aless
Click here to view the Piazza Grande, Livorno on Google Street View
6. Covent Garden has run a market since 1656
Setting up stalls against the garden wall of Bedford House, the early market traders served mostly wealthy tenants.
Wooden rails were erected around the piazza and traders with baskets, trestles and carts congregated on the south side outside the rails.
After the Great Fire of London in 1666, scores of Londoners left the City and descended on Covent Garden.
Covent Garden Piazza and Market, London by Joseph van Aken, 1730
Dozens of traders hawking fruit and vegetables became an established feature of Covent Garden.
Granted a Royal Charter in 1670, the Earl of Bedford sought to regulate the market’s spread.
Covent Garden Market 1864 by Phoebus Levin © Museum of London
And in 1830, his descendant John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, commissioned English architect Charles Fowler to build a neo-classical market building that remains at the heart of Covent Garden today.
The Apple Market, Covent Garden. Credit Roman Hobler, flickr
Click here to view inside Covent Garden Market building on Google Street View
7. Covent Garden was an 18th-century red-light district
Described the physical appearance of the Covent Garden Ladies and their sexual specialties
Published from 1757 to 1795, Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies was an annual directory of prostitutes working in and around Covent Garden.
In lurid detail, the pocketbook described the physical appearance of the Covent Garden Ladies and their sexual specialties.
Miss B of Old Compton is described as:
a mistress of every Manoeuvre in the amorous contest that can enhance the coming pleasure. In bed she is all the heart can wish, or eye admire, every limb is symmetry, every action under cover truly amorous; her price is two pounds two.
Miss R from Rathbone Place:
pleasing, though fond, and can make wantonness delightful; every part assists to bring on the momentary delirium, and then each part combines to raise up the fallen member, to contribute again to repeated rapture; her price is commonly two guineas.
Kitty Fisher and Fanny Murray were two high-class courtesans.
Kitty Fisher by Joshua Reynolds, 1763
Fanny Murray by Henry Robert Morland
Connections in high places had their advantages.
Famed prostitute Betsy Cox was refused entry to a gathering of polite society at the newly opened Pantheon assembly rooms.
But the Duke of Fife came to her aid, drawing his sword to enforce her entry.
8. Both the Royal Opera House and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane are said to be haunted
Could the work have awoken the resident poltergeist?
During construction work in 1999, workers were struck by flying debris.
Bits of brick and metal would be flung at them throughout the day.
Since security was so tight, it was thought almost impossible to be someone who walked in from the street.
Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. Credit Yair Haklai, flickr
The Royal Opera House, Bow Street frontage, with the statue of Dame Ninette de Valois in the foreground. Credit Russ London
Floral Hall, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Royal Opera House. Credit Gzen92, flickr
Paranormal expert Tom Ogden calls the Theatre Royal one of the world’s most haunted theatres.
Frequenting the theatre, the appearance of any one of its ghosts is said to signal good luck for the actors or production.
Drury Lane Theatre, 1807
An 18th-century nobleman who was stabbed to death in the theatre
According to legend, a famous ghost called the “Man in Grey” was an 18th-century nobleman who was stabbed to death in the theatre, his skeletal remains having been found in a walled-up passage in 1848.
He wears a cape, a tricorne hat, riding boots, and a sword and is often seen in the upper circle moving along the rear gangway near the royal box where the remains were discovered.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Credit David Blaikie, flickr
Could the spirits of patrons past still visit the theatre?
Queen Victoria in the Royal Box of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1837
Or could it be Mr Bean who just got lost on his way to the restrooms?
Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) outside Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 2009. Credit Glenn Standish
9. Covent Garden has over 60 pubs and bars
Earned the nickname “Bucket of Blood”
There’s no shortage of liquid refreshment to accompany the cultural entertainments in Covent Garden.
Listed as historically important buildings, several pubs will transport you back in time.
With a reputation as the oldest pub in the area, the Lamb and Flag will take you back to a time of bare-knuckle prize fights in the early 19th century.
So gruesome were these gladiatorial clashes that the pub earned the nickname “Bucket of Blood”.
The Lamb and Flag Pub, Covent Garden. Credit Michael Broad, flickr
The Freemasons Arms on Long Acre is linked with the founding of the Football Association in 1896.
Charles Darwin attended the annual meeting of the Philoperisteron Society for pigeon fanciers here on 8 January 1856 and became a member later that year.
Freemason’s Arms Pub, Covent Garden. Credit Ewan Munro
Signage above the Covent Garden Market entrance. Credit Eduard Díaz i Puig
Click here to view inside the Punch and Judy Bar on Google Street View
10. Covent Garden street performers run shows every day of the year except Christmas Day
Plaque on the wall of St Paul’s church in Covent Garden. Credit Jack1956
Street performances have long been a tradition at Covent Garden.
17th-century diarist Samuel Pepys recorded the first mention of a Punch and Judy show in Britain.
Licensed for street entertainment, performers audition for timetabled slots in a number of venues around Covent Garden, including the North Hall, West Piazza, and South Hall Courtyard.
A street performer in Covent Garden. Credit Aqwis
Covent Garden Street Performer. Credit CGP Grey
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In 1371 March 1, Helmingus Legette, dilectus armiger et serviens noster (Helming Legette; Helmyng Leget) was granted, by Edward III, (In year 45 of his reign) a Royal licence to crenellate le Ponde apud Haddelegh (Pond Hall)
Licence for the king's esquire and servant. Helmyng Leget, to crenellate his house called 'le Ponde' at Haddelegh, co. Suffolk. By K. (CPR)
Helmingus Legette, "dilectus armiger et serviens noster" ... mansum suum vocatum ... le Ponde apud Haddelegh, Suff. (Turner and Parker)
Granted at Westminster. Grant by King.
Helming Legette obtained a licence to empark his manor of Pond Hall in 1369 and two years later to raise the status of his house by embattlement.
Helmyng Leget was from 1362 for many years receiver of the king's chamber, his business being to keep the king's money, receive it from various people and pay it out (Footnote: Rymer, vol. 3, p. 911.) He also was involved in diplomatic missions. (Hulbert)
The wives of the esquires came chiefly from two classes--first, the "domicellae" of the queen's retinue, and second, the daughters and heiresses of country gentlemen. Esquires who married wives from the second class frequently owed a great part of their importance in the county to the estates which their wives brought. So, frequently in the county histories occurs an account of some esquire whose family and antecedents the writer has been, unable to trace, but who was prominent in the county--sheriff perhaps or Knight of the Shire--as a result of the lands he held in right of his wife. An example of this is Helmyng Leget, who was member of Parliament for Essex in 7 and 9 Henry IV, and sheriff in 1401 and 1408. He had married Alice, daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas Mandeville and received the estates of Stapleford-Taney, Bromfield, Chatham Hall in Great Waltham and Eastwick in Hertfordshire. (Footnote: Morant's Essex vol. 2, p. 75; vol. 1, part 2, p. 179.) (Hulbert)
Helmyng Leget (d. 1391)
Family with tradition of service to the Crown... yeoman and esquire under Edward III, rising to receiver of the chamber (1362), constable of Windsor castle (1369), and coroner and clerk of the market of the household. (Roskell et al Vol. 3 p. 587)
Hulbert, James Root, 2004, Chaucer's Offical Life online copy
Roskell, J.S., Clark, Linda and Rawcliffe, Carole, 1992, The House of Commons 1386-1421 (History of Parliament Trust) p. 587-9
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MONDAY, Sept. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The coronavirus pandemic and the upcoming flu season could pose a double threat, but many U.S. parents plan to skip flu shots for their kids, a new survey finds.
Though public health experts stress the need for people of all ages to get the seasonal flu vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic, 1 in 3 U.S. parents said they don't plan on taking their child for a flu shot this fall. Just a third think having their child get vaccinated is more important than usual this year.
Common reasons cited include unfounded concerns about side effects or mistaken beliefs that a flu shot isn't necessary or effective.
Those are among the findings from the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at Michigan Medicine. It was conducted in August and included nearly 2,000 responses from parents of children between 2 and 18 years of age.
"We may see peaks of flu and COVID-19 at the same time, which could overwhelm the health care system, strain testing capacity and potentially reduce our ability to catch and treat both respiratory illnesses effectively," said poll co-director Sarah Clark.
"Our report finds that even during the pandemic, some parents don't see the flu vaccine as more urgent or necessary," she added in a poll news release. "This heightens concerns about how the onset of flu season may compound challenges in managing COVID-19."
Since 2010, the flu has caused 9 million to 45 million illnesses, 140,000 to 810,000 hospitalizations, and 12,000 to 61,000 deaths a year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Children under age 5, and especially those younger than 2, are at high risk for serious, flu-related complications. Last flu season, 188 children died of the flu, CDC data show.
Parents who didn't take their children for a flu shot last year are least likely to do so this year (less than a third), while parents who took their child for a flu shot last year were most likely to do so again (96%), according to the survey.
"A key challenge for public health officials is how to reach parents who do not routinely seek seasonal flu vaccination for their child," Clark said. "When getting a yearly flu vaccine is not a pattern, parents need to be prompted to think about why it's essential for their child to get vaccinated."
Parents whose health care provider strongly recommends flu vaccination are more likely to have their kids vaccinated this year, but less than half of parents said their child's regular health care provider strongly recommends a flu shot this year.
This may be because there's been a sharp decline in-person visits with doctors during the pandemic, Clark said.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has more on flu prevention.
SOURCE: University of Michigan Medicine, news release, Sept. 28, 2020
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Henry Cavill Interested in Voicing Superman in a Red Son Animated Film
April 12, 2015 Arelis Blu-ray/DVD, News, Superman
Batman vs Robin director Jay Oliva, who’s the director of many of the DC animated films , confirmed to Collider that while he was working on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, he asked Henry Cavill about playing Superman in a Red Son animated film, which Cavill responded with excitement over the idea.
First of all, just the idea of a Red Son animated film makes us super excited, but having Cavill voice the role of Superman as well?
Big-Name Actors Have Shown an Interest
And by “big name,” we don’t just mean big stars. “When I worked on Batman v. Superman, I asked Henry Cavill about playing Superman in one of our movies,” Oliva confided. “I asked him about a potential Red Son and he got really excited.”
There’s a huge amount of caveats in that statement, which he himself is quick to point out. “We only have a window of about three weeks to work with our voice actors, and if you’re an actor in demand, that can be really tough. Ben Affleck would be great to do Batman and he’s in love with the character. But God it’s hard to get Ben.” Ben maybe. But Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher or Gal Gadot may be less out of reach. It certainly raises some intriguing possibilities.
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Posted On November 19, 2019 Staff 0
Choosing a college is a big decision. For some Lakers, the decision is in their DNA.
What brings students to Oswego? Some say it’s our beautiful campus. Others, exceptional value and a rich college life. Even more alumni tout opportunities and a history of academic excellence. There are those who say it’s all that, and one more thing. It’s also because they are members of a legacy family. Their parents—or grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins or siblings—found a home here. A home they found, too.
So how does the love for a college span generations, spur marriages, unite siblings and reach deeply into the branches of a family tree? We asked seven families. They shared.
Nearly 90 Years of Lakers
Charles G. Young ’34
Mary Bertelsmann Young ’34
Gary J. Kieffer '80
John C. Kieffer ’51
Julanne Amidon Kieffer ’52
Una Kieffer Zona ’56
Jonah A. Kieffer ’19 at his
graduation celebration with Gary and John.
When Jonah A. Kieffer ’19 graduated from SUNY Oswego this past May, he could look back four generations and see fellow Laker alumni on his family tree.
“SUNY Oswego was the only school to which I applied,” Jonah said. “Looking at the opportunities that Oswego granted to all of my relatives, because of the strong education they received, Oswego was an easy choice.”
It all started with Charles G. Young ’34, who married Mary Bertelsmann Young ’34.
Their nephew, John C. Kieffer ’51, came to Oswego and here met his wife, Julanne Amidon Kieffer ’52; the couple also influenced John’s sister, Una Kieffer Zona ’56, to attend.
John and Julanne had four children—one is Gary J. Kieffer ’80. And it is Gary’s son, Jonah, who became the most recent member of the alumni family as a member of the Class of 2019.
In honor of the legacy stretching nearly 90 years, the Kieffer family gathered to celebrate Jonah’s graduation at his grandfather John’s residence in the Elderwood Nursing Home in North Syracuse, N.Y., in May.
In an interview with John before his death in August, he shared that his family has benefited from a strong background in the importance of education, “and we still honor it today.” It was, in fact, at the core of John’s career, predominantly as an educator in Liverpool, Port Byron and BOCES in Ithaca spanning decades, both as an industrial arts teacher and principal. And John also had an extended Oswego family. For more than 10 years, he was a master teacher, training SUNY Oswego student teachers to become the next generation of educators.
His son, Gary, followed him into the industrial arts program, and today is vice president of New Product Development for Currier Plastics in Auburn, N.Y.
Jonah, who chose different SUNY Oswego signature programs—zoology and operations management—from his father and grandfather, has already landed an internship position at Busch Gardens in Virginia, in its Culinary Business Leadership program. He’s considering an MBA.
“Hopefully, these opportunities will help me throughout my career as it has my dad, grandpa and all my family who graduated from Oswego,” Jonah said.
Raising Laker Alumni
The McLoughlin family gathered on campus in May for the graduation of Erin ’19.
John McLoughlin ’75 and his wife, Donna, have four children. All four followed in John’s footsteps and attended SUNY Oswego.
“When the first one went, I was thrilled,” John said. “I also thought, ‘It’s been a long time since I went there, what if it’s changed? Will he enjoy it as much as I did?’”
John’s oldest, Steven ’08, did.
“As it turns out, some things never change about Oswego,” John said. “There’s an environment at Oswego that’s conducive to friendliness and a good education. As each kid went, I was more and more comfortable about it.”
Steven’s alumni siblings are Caitlin ’12, J.J. ’14 and Erin ’19. Each found his or her “own Oswego,” John said. Each was active around the campus and took advantage of opportunities.
“Looking back, they influenced each other to attend Oswego, probably more than I did,” he said. By the time Erin arrived on campus her freshman year, “she knew that campus better than some of the seniors did, she’d visited so much.”
For Erin’s graduation, John returned to campus to serve as the Commencement Eve Torchlight keynote speaker, sharing his experiences as a Port Authority Police Department sergeant who was trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York. The family also gathered for a wedding shortly after the May 2019 graduation—J.J. married Oswego alumna Alyssa Derasmo ’15 on June 1 in a wedding attended by many Oswego friends and family members.
“People at the wedding witnessed how tight the Oswego kids are,” John said. “The Oswego crowd was the life of the party.”
A School of One’s Own
The Vakirtzis family celebrated the graduation of Eleni ’19 in May. From left are grandfather Lenny Dalupan, Panagiotis ’23, mother Frances, Eleni ’19 and Montos ’87.
As a high school student, Eleni Vakirtzis ’19 didn’t want to attend SUNY Oswego.
“Strangely enough, my attempt to avoid loving the campus, town and program itself, it all failed miserably,” Eleni joked. “I immediately fell in love and knew it was the right place for me. Without hesitation, the day I received my acceptance letter was the day that I knew I was a Laker for life.”
Eleni didn’t want to take Oswego into consideration when choosing a college for the sole reason that it was her father’s alma mater, she said.
“I wanted to find a school of my own,” she said. But all of the things that drew Adamantios ‘Montos’ Vakirtzis ’87 to
Oswego as a transfer student from community college also drew her—as well as her younger brother, Panagiotis ’23.
Montos first came to campus as part of a community college program to visit six universities.
“SUNY Oswego’s campus was by far the prettiest,” Montos said. “During my visit I had the opportunity to meet with
administration and professors from the Computer Science department. I found everyone to be caring and dedicated to the student’s learnings and success. In addition, I found the computer lab and academic offerings to be second to none.”
More than 30 years later, he continues to be an “honored, proud graduate and advocate of SUNY Oswego,” he said.
“As a father, my children are my priority, and like every parent I only want the best for them,” he said. “This is why I encouraged each of them to attend SUNY Oswego and to experience some of the best years of their lives there as I did.”
Now, two of Montos’s three children are on track to be Laker alumni.
“Prior to my sister’s graduation this past May, we as a family would take the opportunity to visit her often,” Panagiotis said.
“At times I would stay with her, spend days during the week and even attend a class or two. Our family trips to SUNY Oswego were more than just visiting my sister, it was the chance for me to begin preparing for making SUNY Oswego my school, too.”
The Family You Meet Along The Way
Patricia ’60
William III ’59
Diane '88
Donald ’87
William IV ’90
Holly '88
Kathleen '95
Robert '95
Love must be in the air at SUNY Oswego—so many of our legacy families met their spouses here. Take eight members of the Bacon family, who perhaps all should have made their wedding colors green and gold.
Patrica Kallmeyer Bacon ’60 married William Bacon III ’59; all three of their alumni children also married alumni. One grandson, William Bacon V, graduated in 2018. Another, Kyle Bacon, is a member of the Class of 2020.
For Patricia and William’s children: Diane Bacon Rizzo ’88 (who married Donald Rizzo ’87); William IV ’90 (who married Holly Roth Bacon ’88); and Robert ’95 (who married Kathleen Liguori Bacon ’95), SUNY Oswego has nourished the branches of their family tree.
Patricia and William III met at SUNY Oswego—most likely at a Delta Kappa Kappa social, their son William IV believes—but didn’t start dating until after they graduated and reconnected at the wedding of fellow Oswego alumni.
Their children met their spouses on campus, “started dating, and the rest is history,” William IV said.
“We believe it’s quite an honor for each generation to be part of the legacy family,” William IV said. “To experience Oswego firsthand is something you will never forget. We received outstanding educations that have helped us find careers that we are very passionate about. We are teachers, firefighters, state troopers and entrepreneurs. We have made lasting friendships and continue to experience life at Oswego through our family members.”
For the third generation Bacon family members to come to SUNY Oswego, athletics also played a role.
The Bacon family at the 2016 Alumni Legacy Reception in King Alumni Hall: (from left) Kyle ’20, William IV ’90, William V ’18 and Holly Roth Bacon ’88
“We attended an Oswego open house and met with Coach Drew Bezek,” William IV said. “Our sons were very impressed with coach, the lacrosse team, campus and academic majors. They soon decided they wanted to become future Lakers and play lacrosse for Oswego. I believe, on that day, they made their decision to attend Oswego.”
William V wishes the first generation of Bacon Lakers—Patricia and William III—were alive to see the legacy continue.
“It all goes back to the first generation,” he said. “Our grandparents shared many memories and told fond stories of life at Oswego. They built friendships that lasted a lifetime.
A Legacy of Laker Women in Education
Ruth early 1900s
Marian ’64
Yvonne ’71
Sandy ’79
Jennifer ’91
Sarah ’97
Kaleigh ’22
For the Janes family, the Laker Legacy is all female.
When Kaleigh Janes graduates with the Class of 2022, she will represent a long lineage of alumni women in her family: Ruth Nelson Templeton who attended in the early 1900s, Ruth’s niece Marian Nelson Jardin ’64, Marian’s daughter Yvonne Jardin Kniskern ’71, Yvonne’s cousin Jennifer Warner Janes ’91 and Jennifer’s sister Sarah Warner Silvia ’97. Kaleigh is Jennifer’s daughter. This lineage is all on Kaleigh’s paternal side; a maternal aunt is also an alumna—Sandy Bradley Odell ’79.
Like many of the family’s women before her, Kaleigh chose SUNY Oswego for its teaching program. Oswego was founded primarily as a teachers’ training institution, drawing many women of the era to attend; today, it remains strong in preparing educators.
“My family has been involved with Oswego for so long,” Kaleigh said. “I enjoy the fact that I get to follow in the footsteps of so many of my family members and I hope the tradition can continue in the future.”
Similar to Kaleigh, Jennifer said she grew up hearing a lot about Oswego.
“Ironically, I am the only graduate in our family who did not go into teaching,” Jennifer said. “They were all very successful teachers, and I guess I wanted to be a part of that success in my career of choice. I have spent over 20 years working in higher education, though!”
From Guyana to Oswego
Maxine and Frederick Jones traveled nearly 3,000 miles to become Lakers—in the late 1960s for Maxine and the early 1970s for Frederick—and not only did they share Oswego with their own children, they served as educators for the greater SUNY Oswego college community, too.
Maxine Jones ’71, who also holds a master’s degree in teaching physics from SUNY Binghamton, was an adjunct professor in the Oswego mathematics department. Her husband, Frederick Jones ’74, who also holds a master’s degree in plant pathology from Oklahoma State University, was a teaching support specialist for Oswego’s biology department.
All three of their children are alumni: Ida A. Jones ’98, Edward Jones ’01 and Jeffrey Jones ’03. Edward married Adzele Kitissou-Jones ’02, whose brothers, Ako ’00 and Kpoti ’04, are both alumni; the Kitissous’ father, Marcel, also taught at SUNY Oswego.
The Jones Laker legacy began when Maxine and Frederick met in Guyana in 1966. The couple traveled to Oswego from the South American country and set roots in the SUNY Oswego community.
Before coming to Oswego, Maxine taught physics and mathematics at institutes in the United States, Guyana and other Caribbean countries. She prepared Caribbean students for international examinations in physics. After her time in Oswego, Maxine further taught at a community college and Ithaca College.
In Guyana, Frederick taught plant pathology at the Guyana School of Agriculture and the University of Guyana. He was a
plant pathologist and head of unit at the National Agricultural Research Institute, and also served as a country representative in St. Kitts and St. Lucia for the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute.
“Our initial introduction to Oswego snowfall was unforgettable,” said Frederick.
Over time, the couple’s three children were encouraged
to strive for educational excellence, they said.
“We knew that Oswego was the place for them to achieve their objectives in a safe environment,” said Maxine. “We knew that their academic advisors and the college community would support their best efforts.”
Ida, who also holds both a master’s and a doctoral degree from SUNY Binghamton, was the first Jones child to attend.
“They came, we followed,” joked Ida of her parents’ encouragement to attend Oswego. “Once I had gone through, the link was relayed to Edward, who then passed the torch to Jeff.”
All of the Jones children sang for college groups, including State Singers, College Choir and Chamber Singers; all three graduated with honors. Today, Ida is a language services professional in Washington, D.C.
Ida’s younger brother Edward filled out his application form for Oswego the same night he attended the Commencement Eve Torchlight Ceremony that honored Ida and her fellow graduates of the Class of 1998.
“I remember the moment, I remember the feeling,” said Edward, who today is a software engineer in Boulder, Colo., and
holds a master’s degree in systems engineering from Cornell University. “My parents were alumni, my sister was about to be an alumna … it felt like I just belonged in Oswego.”
Jeffrey, who holds a doctorate from SUNY Stony Brook and today lives in the New York City area, agreed.
“I benefited greatly from the experiences and relationships of my older siblings,” he said. “I was eager to make memories of my own.”
Branch Sprung from Brotherhood
Christopher Roker ’92 (far right) was first introduced to SUNY Oswego by his older brother, Al Roker ’76. However, after arriving on campus, he developed bonds with new brothers through the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
The Roker branch of the Oswego family tree strengthened when Latice Hardy-Roker ’90 married Christopher.
The Roker branch extends into the New York City area, where Christoper serves as chief executive officer for NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens, Latice is manager of support services at Visiting Nurse Service of NY and Al co-anchors NBC’s Today show, among other roles.
The Alumni Family of Firsts
Since its inception, the SUNY Oswego community has been especially proud of one of its families: the family of first generation college students.
“Because they are not raised with a higher education tradition, first generation college students may face different issues,” said college President Deborah F. Stanley. “We are here to support them. That is what the state university system is all about. Lifting people up, that’s what it’s all about.”
According to Grace Maxon Clarke ’11 M’14, an academic planning counselor for the Educational Opportunity Program and organizer for SUNY Oswego’s First Gen Day activities, SUNY Oswego has a long legacy of service to first generation college students.
Even our college founder, Edward Austin Sheldon, was a first generation college student, she said.
“We have historically emphasized a value and respect for learning that is experiential, as well as providing access to education,” Grace said. “Recognizing the hard work of our students is always important but also it validates that there are likely additional barriers they have had to overcome for their success. We can only serve our students better when we understand their first generation college student identity as an important piece of who they are and their experience at SUNY Oswego and beyond.”
The demographics of SUNY Oswego students and families have changed dramatically over the decades, but the number of first generation college students who join the campus each year remains strong. Recent statistics place the Class of 2018 at 29% first generation college students. Women are more likely than men to be first generation students: 32% of women vs. 27% of men.
It’s an opportunity for future legacy families to join the ranks of so many who have come before them. Who knows how many new legacy families are in the works among the students on campus today—who will become tomorrow’s alumni, and tomorrow’s legacy families? —Eileen Moran
DID YOU KNOW? Nov. 8 was First Generation Day on the SUNY Oswego campus, a celebration of Lakers who represent the first in their families to attend college like the students featured.
Marano Scholars
Since 2017, SUNY Oswego has awarded more than 60 scholarships a year to first generation SUNY Oswego students, thanks to a $7.5 million bequest from Nunzio “Nick” and Lorraine Marano.
“The Marano gift is a testament to the transformative power of public higher education and how private philanthropy can make the dream of a college education a reality for students,” said Mary Gibbons Canale ‘81, vice president for development and alumni engagement. “Generations of students will now be able to forge new paths for their families as the first to graduate from college.”
The following Marano Scholarship recipients share what it means to them to be the first in their family to attend college.
“I did not believe that I would be recognized for being the first in my family to attend college,” said Samantha Dominique ’20. An aspiring broadcast journalist, Samantha said that “being recognized by the campus gives me more confidence to succeed and pursue my dream career to my fullest potential.”
Lok Chi Hon ’21 is studying computer science and participates on the swimming and diving team.
“As a first generation student who
comes from a family of immigrants, I have firsthand experience of how difficult it is to go for and finish a college education without accruing massive debt,” she said. “This award motivates me to aim high and to continue working even harder to achieve excellence. It will serve as a reminder to continue to fully dedicate myself to the path I am on, not just for my own good, but for the world’s greater good.”
Omar Garbanzo ’23 said that his entry into the family of first generation college students has brought joy to his parents.
“I have been given a very generous opportunity to continue my education and make my parents proud of who I grew up to become,” Omar said. “Seeing the way that [this scholarship] has been able to make not just me, but my family happy inspires me to some day pay it forward myself.”
This Oswego portrait depicts family members representing class years from 1954 through maybe 2039, and careers, majors and aspirations as diverse as each individual pictured.
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Home Articles Maldives is slipping rapidly into autocratic rule
Maldives is slipping rapidly into autocratic rule
Unnoticed by much of the world, the sundrenched holiday paradise of the Maldives is slipping rapidly into autocratic rule. Since February, the government has banned opposition parties from elections and locked up political leaders and even judges.
On June 13, in a blatant move to strengthen President Yameen Abdul Gayoom’s grip on power, the Maldives Criminal Court sentenced former president, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, former Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed, and Supreme Court Justice Ali Hameed each to 19 months in prison after being found guilty of “obstructing justice” for refusing to hand over their mobile phones to police.The ruling represents the latest in a series politically motivated efforts to silence the opposition, further undermine the judiciary, and ensure Yameen’s victory in the September polls.
On February 1, the two justices had voted to overturn the convictions of nine members of the opposition, clearing the way for them to contest the September elections. Yameen denounced that ruling as “illegal,” and declared a 15-day state of emergency “to hold these justices accountable.” During the emergency, authorities arrested the three men and a Supreme Court administrator on charges of trying to “overthrow the government.”
Multiple procedural irregularities marred the trials. On May 22, the court rejected several pretrial motions from Gayoom’s defense lawyer, Maumoon Hameed, related to Gayoom’s health. On May 20 Hameed recused himself; in a tweet he said that “grave procedural defects + hearings in absentia prejudice [Gayoom’s] right to a #fairtrial.” Lawyers for justices Hameed and Sayeed also resigned. Criminal Court Judge Hassan Najeeb refused multiple appeals from the defendants for time to appoint new lawyers. The court called no defense witnesses.
India, the US, and the UK all criticized the trial proceedings. The US State Department said the ruling cast “serious doubt on the commitment of the Government of Maldives to the rule of law and calls into question its willingness to permit a free and fair presidential election in September.” India expressed “deep dismay” with the trial and sentencing.
The Maldives government has brushed off the criticism, stating that the three men were sentenced “as per national laws, regulations and procedures governing the criminal justice system in the Maldives,” and that “the Maldivian government was committed to upholding the rule of law.”
Not really. Yameen’s government is running fast in the opposite direction, toward one party rule and widening repression.
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As a Secret Service agent, Nick Averose spent a decade protecting the most powerful men and women in America and developed a unique gift: the ability to think like an assassin. Now, he uses that skill in a little-known but crucial job. As a “red teamer,” he poses as a threat, testing the security around our highest officials to find vulnerabilities—before our enemies can. He is a mock killer, capable of slipping past even the best defenses.
His latest assignment is to assess the security surrounding the former CIA director at his DC area home. But soon after he breaches the man’s study, the home’s inner sanctum, Nick finds himself entangled in a vicious crime that will shake Washington to its foundations—as all the evidence points to Nick.
He knows he’s the perfect scapegoat. But who is framing him, and why? To clear his name, he must find the truth—a search that leads to a dark conspiracy whose roots stretch back decades. The prize is the most powerful position in the world: the Oval Office.
To save himself and the people he loves, Nick must stop the men who rule Washington before they bury him along with their secrets.
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Peter knows intimately how one broken rule can cost lives. Nowhere is he more vigilant than in this room, the sanctum of America’s secrets. Staffing the night action desk, his job is monitoring an emergency line for a call that has not—and might never—come.
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The Absolute Best Way to Eat An Oreo, According to Science | Popular Mechanics
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The Absolute Best Way to Eat An Oreo, According to Science
Calling all twisters, lickers, and dunkers: This is your moment.
You could be a dunker, a twister, a licker, or a fast snacker who just bites right in: There are as many ways to eat an Oreo as there have been limited-edition versions of the treat. And more than 100 varieties later—including Brookie-O, Limeade, and (in China) Hot Chicken Wing—there’s still no consensus among consumers on the best way to devour milk’s favorite cookie.
Scientists, however, have a few ideas on how to maximize your Oreo enjoyment, and the Oreo makers themselves have an official recommendation.
“Perhaps the best known way to eat an Oreo is the classic ‘twist, lick, and dunk,’” writes Marion Delgutte Saenen, Oreo’s U.S. marketing director, in an email, “and while fans might add their personal spin here or there, in our opinion it’s still the best way to eat America’s favorite cookie.”
Still, food scientists and specialists in the field of sensory studies can offer some research-backed methods for gleaning pleasure from an Oreo. It starts with the cookie’s classic combination of chocolate and vanilla, flavors that are quite possibly what researchers call “congruent”—that is, combinable in a way that’s pleasing to your senses. Congruence is difficult for scientists to measure, but in a 2016 study in the journal Chemical Senses, they note that chocolate’s rich, warm, slightly earthy smell fits well with sweet tastes, like vanilla.
THE BOTTOM LINE: OREO’S COOKIE AND CREME MAKE FOR A DYNAMIC DUO.
The 40 billion Oreos produced each year are predominantly sweet, but they also pack a certain amount of fat. And as food scientists know, sugar and fat make a winning combo if you’re aiming to supercharge your brain’s reward system. Tastes can be broken down into five basic components: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami. And fat helps make Oreos more exciting to our palate than a straight-up sweetfest.
“The combination of fat and sugar does something that is probably not addition, but synergy. Instead of 1 + 1 = 2, it’s 1 + 1 = 4,” says Linda Flammer, a senior research associate at Philadelphia’s Monell Chemical Senses Center. The layman’s translation: “Most scientists believe that fat plus sugar is super yummy.”
But Oreos don’t mesmerize with taste alone; aromas have a huge impact on the eating experience. When you bite into an Oreo, Flammer says, chemicals in the cookie release odorants into the air inside your mouth. These aromas flow to your nasal cavity, where they interact with smell receptors and enter your brain’s decoding process. Your brain is likely to find those smells delightful, says Charles Spence, a professor of experimental psychology at the U.K’s University of Oxford. Spence says chocolate and vanilla are two of the world’s most liked smells.
Spence’s research, including a 2004 study in the Journal of Sensory Studies, indicates that another aspect of the Oreo bite—the crunch—might also predispose nibblers to become fans. We humans like noisy foods. It helps us focus on what we’re eating. “When we bite into something that makes noise, that sound draws our attention to our mouth so we’re more aware of what we’re tasting,” Spence says. “Be it breakfast cereals, biscuits, crisps, and even fresh produce like apples and celery, food that makes noise can convey freshness.” The soft snap of an Oreo’s dark cocoa-rich wafer, in other words, could tell your brain that the cookies are “freshly baked.”
Spence adds that Oreos advertise themselves as tasty before they even reach your mouth. We perceive round foods as more approachable than jagged and angular foods, and we associate roundness with sweetness. On top of their welcoming shape, Oreos are uniform, which creates familiarity, says Curtis Luckett, director of the University of Tennessee’s Center for Sensory Science. They’re the same cookie wherever you buy them.
“Every Oreo is almost identical, and things tend to be more pleasant or liked more when they’re familiar and expected,” Luckett says. “Besides high-level Michelin star dining, it’s usually a bad idea to mess with people’s food expectations. The fact that [Nabisco] can take out basically all the variability of baking and cookie construction is probably a facet of why Oreos are so well liked.”
One Oreo element that does vary, depending how you eat it, is texture. While taste can be described in one-dimensional terms—“too sour,” “not enough salt”—texture is multifaceted. Snack foods can be creamy, crunchy, wavy, puffy, crispy, smooth, gummy, chewy, soft-baked, and flaky; combinations and contrasts between these textures appear in popular foods across many different cultures. An influential 1993 study from San Jose State University and Nutrilite, an Amway supplement brand, proposed that the most palatable foods have “dynamic contrast,” meaning they offer your mouth a variety of sensations in each bite. When it comes to Oreos, Luckett says, “you have texture attributes that are generally well liked: You’ve got the smooth and creamy and the crispy and crunchy. It’s a built-in contrast of already well-liked textures.”
WHEN IT COMES TO OREOS … IT’S A BUILT-IN CONTRAST OF ALREADY WELL-LIKED TEXTURES.
Whole Oreos juxtapose the crunchy wafer and the smooth creme, but you can alter this combination with your eating method to suit your individual preference. People who twist an Oreo open to eat the creme first might enjoy the cookie’s textures one at a time, while those who bite right in might enjoy the combination of smoothness and crispness. A milk dunk makes an Oreo even more dynamic to the senses. Cold milk might dull the sweetness of the creme and give you some exciting temperature variance inside your mouth, but milk’s textural effects on an Oreo are extensive.
“You have a lot of do-it-yourself innovations [with dunking],” Flammer says. “You can dunk it for a very long time and make it very mushy, but if you dunk it for a short amount of time, it might be just to soften it slightly. I would imagine that people who have dentures are going to have a different approach than, say, children with smaller teeth.”
There are four categories of eaters based on the way people manipulate food inside their mouth. Members of the Understanding and Insight Group, a product and strategy development firm, used research to divide people into “mouth behavior types”: crunchers, chewers, smooshers, and suckers. Crunchers deploy “forceful mouth action” to fast and loud effect (think Bugs Bunny), while chewers like the sensation of chewing so much that they “look for fullness in the mouth” and “turn the food into a moist mass.” Smooshers use their tongues and palates to mash their food, and suckers literally try to suck flavor out of foods before chewing and swallowing. (Ever let chocolate melt on your tongue?)
Flammer and Luckett both note that you can intensify your Oreo enjoyment by identifying your own texture preferences—and pursuing those preferences through the way you eat. Part of the Oreo’s popularity can be traced to its manipulability: All types of eaters can optimize the treat to their desires.
But psychology suggests that the best way to eat an Oreo might just be the way you’ve always done it. The cookie’s form invites a ritual, and a 2013 article in the journal Psychological Science notes that your food rituals—twisting Oreos, stacking Oreos, licking all the creme off first—might enhance your enjoyment of that food.
“BITING INTO AN OREO IS LIKE YOUR BRAIN SAYING, ‘SOMEBODY LOVES YOU.’”
“If you have a fond memory of dunking Oreos in milk with a friend or family member, twisting or chomping could never hope to evoke that same rush of emotion,” writes Stella Parks in an email. Parks is the author of the cookbook BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts, winner of a James Beard Foundation Award. “Likewise, if biting right through [an Oreo] floods your tastebuds with a deep sense of chocolate that really strikes to the heart of a craving, tepidly licking at the mild creme will never satisfy.”
Keying into childhood memories and rituals is probably another key driver of our Oreo enjoyment. Foods that evoke nostalgia have been linked to positive emotions, suggests a 2014 paper published in Qualitative Market Research. And in 2017, research from the University of Oxford found that people who eat with others strengthen their social bonds and are more likely to report feeling happy. So whether you’re an ardent creme-first, cookie-second Oreo eater or a dunking devotee, you might boost your cookie experience by evoking simpler, more carefree moments, and eating like you’re a kid again.
“[Oreos might] remind you of that period of your life when you were looked after,” says Megan Elias, director of the gastronomy program at Boston University’s Metropolitan College. “It’s an escape hatch into a time when someone cared for you. Biting into an Oreo is like your brain saying, ‘somebody loves you.’”
Loops created by Kristen Parker using images from Trevor Raab
Source: The Absolute Best Way to Eat An Oreo, According to Science
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XR Creation Studio
Media, Apps, Robots
hello@prosperxr.com
Prosper XR is an immersive content creation studio with a specialty in robotics. We specialize in crafting and producing fresh content that generates attention.
We have created content for brands such as Google, Fullscreen Media, Buzzfeed, Vayner Media, Anheuser-Busch, Samsung, Red Bull, Nikon, MINI Cooper, General Motors, Netflix, Live Nation and Disney.
Prosper XR's patented robotics products achieve the most stable immersive cinematic ground and aerial footage possible today.
We wrote the Daydream Impact 101 curriculum for Google and mentored NASA/JPL in YouTube’s first ever VR Creator Lab.
We created the first ever 360 video for Anheuser-Busch & Vayner Media. Prosper XR has also created the first ever 360 video and VR experience for Cushman & Wakefield.
We produced the first ever VR production at Hoover Dam. We take VR users into the Dam and above the Dam with rovers & aerial drone cinematography.
Prosper XR specializes in creating content that makes an impact on audiences. For example, the “Dance with Kittens” 360 video and VR experience we created for the Humane Society generated over 7M organic views and over 90,000 shares with no ad spend.
For some examples of our work, check out our portfolio.
Jessie Kim
Jessie has conceptualized campaigns and produced content that engages millions. She co-founded Prosper XR, an immersive content creation studio with a specialty in robotics. Jessie wrote the Daydream Impact 101 curriculum for Google and mentored NASA/JPL in Google's first ever VR Creator Lab. In the past year, she has produced over 18 VR & AR experiences in various roles, from Director, Director of Photography and VFX Supervisor. The Dance with Kittens VR experience she directed for The Humane Society garnered over 7M views in 30 days. Prosper XR has created content for brands such as Disney, Live Nation, Hulu, Google, Buzzfeed and Netflix.
Tim Lambert
A graduate of Cornell, Tim is multi-talented. On any given day you may find him building a robot, developing an interactive VR experience, developing a complex content management system, or coaching a screenwriter on how to write for the fresh medium of VR. He has over 15 years of experience in the entertainment industry. From working at Spyglass Entertainment, to producing commercials, to building content management systems to managing screenwriters. He created SpecScout.com, which has the largest vault of Film and TV scripts circulating Hollywood, graded, scored, with loglines and synopses that are reviewed by major studios, Film & TV producers. After SpecScout merged with Slated, he decided to jump into immersive mediums.
With Jessie, Tim created the smoothest way to move a VR camera on the ground or in the air that doesn’t create VR sickness, the patent-pending Rover, Rover X, and Rover XL.
Home Demos About Rover
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Why We Need a New Library
The Investment
Send an Email to the Selectmen
What a new
Seekonk Public Library means.
Over six years ago, a group of dedicated community members–the Library Facilities Studies Committee–began working on a 20-year plan for the Seekonk Public Library.
Their work resulted in a vision of a new Library. Together with Library staff, the Committee completed the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners capital grant application. In July 2017, the Library was informed that it would receive a $7.3M construction grant that would offset 37% of the total $19.6M construction cost.
The pandemic has highlighted how important the Library is to our community. The Board of Library Trustees made the decision to keep the Library open as much as possible, institute curbside services, and develop innovative online programs. When we are post pandemic, and library operations normalize, we know the community will once again enjoy visiting and interacting with each other in the library space, and will welcome the opportunity to continue strengthening the bonds of this caring community.
When the public approves the project (Town Meeting in May and a public vote following it), Seekonk’s new 23,000 square foot building, will meet the needs of Seekonk for years to come with HVAC, air filtering and air handling that will be COVID-19 informed as well as furniture, bookshelves and meeting rooms designed for easy access and movement.
The new building will
Provide adequate space for collections
Connect people to a greater variety of information, materials and technology
Support local education and assist local businesses and job seekers
Act as a community center for all town citizens
Provide improved services to seniors and the general public
Welcoming, well-lit vibrant space with clear sightlines to program areas and collections
Easy access from the parking lot
Enlarged to accommodate play space and collections with a dedicated story time/activity room
Enhanced play space area will foster creativity, socialization, and the development of problem-solving skills
Low profile shelving will provide unobstructed views of the space
Dedicated family restroom
Young Adult Room
Dedicated Young Adult Room will provide teens with areas for study space, opportunity for socialization, and access to young adult collections in a space separate, yet visible to, the rest of the building
Accessible after-hours exiting to main entrance while Library proper is locked
Small catering prep area for events
Display/gallery space
Small Group Study Spaces
Variety of dedicated spaces for individual or collaborative group work
Integrated Outdoor Space
Drive up material return
Second-floor patio overlooking the Seekonk Meadows provides a shared space to socialize, read, study, or work
If You Support a New Library for Seekonk,
Click Here to Sign Up as a Supporter
Seekonk Taxpayers for a New Library is a project of the Friends of the Seekonk Public Library.
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Open Pollinated Seeds
Passionate about seeds
Protecting OPs
OP Plant Breeding
Participatory Plant Breeding
Landraces & Heirlooms
Conservation & Amateur Varieties
Seed Links
Seed saving principles and guidelines
Seed growers network
About Peter Brinch
Funding OPS
About Open Pollinated Seeds
Principles and guidelines for seed saving
wheat variety trials
Breeding Taylor-Made Varieties for Your Area and Needs
A newly published book worth reading for small holders. Book: My life with plants – A journey to new ways of breeding garden varieties. By Richard W. Gibson. Printed by the Conrad Press in 2020. ISBN: 978-1-913567-42-2
Participatory Plant Breeding is a relatively recent initiative aimed at diverse farming and climatic situations which rely on crops being developed to suite individual regions.
PPB was largely introduced because millions of farmers around the world have fallen ‘outside’ the remit of the conventional plant breeding programs of the ‘Green Revolution.’ These breeding aims were directed at ‘broad adaptability’ of crops to yield well in a range of environments using genetically uniform varieties, relying on a program of agrichemical fertilisers and sprays.
PPB is the development of a plant breeding program, a collaboration between breeders and farmers, which may include marketers, processors, consumers, and policy makers. The breeding aims carry attributes beyond yield and disease resistance to also include taste, nutrition and cooking quality, time of ripening, storage, the use of crop residues such as straw for animals, composting, and more.
It relies on open pollinated seeds as breeding material. Seed saving is a standard practice in many countries and thus farmers are reliant upon their varieties to breed true to type year on year.
Although PPB is aimed at non-industrialised, low input and small scale agriculture, none-the-less it is appropriate in industrialised countries. There are still many small scale farms in Europe with diverse climates where these and organic, biodynamic and natural farming practices require seeds which are suited to their type of farming.
Even though PPB is scarcely used in the UK there are a few examples in Europe where it is being worked with for organic crop suitability. No doubt it can play a useful role in the UK as conservation and amateur varieties begin to find their place in farmer’s fields too.
PPB seeks to
•Build farmer skills to enhance farmer selection and seed production efforts.
•Increase production and profitability of crop production through the development and enhanced adoption of suitable, usually improved, varieties.
•Provide benefits to a specific type of user, or to deliberately address the needs of a broader range of users.
Example of PPB in Europe for organic suitability. See
http://www.eco-pb.org/fileadmin/eco-pb/documents/reports_proceedings/proceedings_060613.pdf
SEEDS THAT GIVE Participatory Plant Breeding, By Ronnie Vernooy
IDRC/2003-01-01 International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada.
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Chapters III–IV
Chapters V–VI
Chapters VII–VIII
Chapters IX–X
Chapters XI–XII
Chapters XIII–XIV
Chapters XV–XVI
Judge Wargrave
Vera Claythorne
Philip Lombard
Chapters IX-X
Dr. Armstrong
William Blore
Chapters 9-10
Agatha Christie and And Then There Were None Background
William Blore Quotes
Quotes William Blore Quotes
“Might be a Major,” said Mr. Blore. “No, I forgot. There’s that old military gent. He’d spot me at once.” “South Africa,” said Mr. Blore, “that’s my line! None of these people have anything to do with South Africa, and I’ve just been reading that travel folder so I can talk about it all right.”
Having been invited to the island to investigate the guests, Blore decides he needs a false identity and disguise. Since he knows that one of the guests was in the military, he realizes that he can’t fake a military career. His hastily assembled narrative as a visitor from South Africa underestimates how much factual detail he will need to know. Lombard, who actually has been to South Africa, spots Blore’s deception at once.
With a quick movement Blore was beside him. He said: “If you’ll just let me have a look.” He twitched it out of the other’s hand, and ran his eye over it. He murmured: “Coronation machine. Quite new—no defects. Ensign paper—the most widely used make. You won’t get anything out of that. Might be fingerprints, but I doubt it.” Wargrave stared at him with sudden attention.
Blore has not yet revealed his true identity as a former police inspector to the other houseguests when someone presents a typed letter purportedly from their host, U.N. Owen. Without thinking, Blore snaps into detective mode and makes several quick observations about the letter. Wargrave seems surprised and impressed, as though he didn’t expect Blore to be so capable. Wargrave brought Blore to the island to punish him but now worries he’ll identify the murderer.
Blore said forcefully: “I don’t know where the revolver is, but I’ll bet I know where something else is—that hypodermic syringe. Follow me.” He opened the front door and led the way round the house. A little distance away from the dining room window he found the syringe. Beside it was a smashed china figure—the sixth broken soldier boy. Blore said in a satisfied tone: “Only place it could be.”
Once again, Blore uses his detective skills to solve one of an ongoing set of mysteries: the location of a syringe used in one of the murders. Although momentarily satisfying, this information ends up being useless. The crime has already been committed, and where the murder took place was never a mystery. On the other hand, the revolver’s location seems extremely important at this juncture, and finding the gun might prevent another murder.
He started off into the moonlight. Blore, after a minute’s hesitation, followed him… After all he had tackled criminals armed with revolvers before now. Whatever else he lacked, Blore did not lack courage. Show him the danger and he would tackle it pluckily. He was not afraid of danger in the open, only of danger undefined and tinged with the supernatural.
The narrator explains Blore’s mindset as he tracks Armstrong after he quietly leaves the house. Blore believes that Armstrong’s sneaky behavior implicates him, and Blore also believes Armstrong carries a gun. Despite being a detective and former policeman, the events of the past few days, including now six murders, have started to make Blore feel rather frightened and unsure of himself. However, now that Blore believes he has a culprit to tackle, he feels prepared to put an end to the killings.
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East Coast Rap/Hip-Hop
Boom Bap/Nineties
The Big Picture (Explicit)
Big L
Released: Aug 2000
Label: RBC Records
Without question one of the sickest emcees in the game, Harlem's Big L was on the verge of major stardom when gunned down in 1999. This album, his second solo LP, dropped after his death; it features some of his classics as well as posthumous collaborations. Appearances from various D.I.T.C. heads, plus Tupac and Kane. Peep his street-slang epic "Ebonics."
- Brolin Winning
Big L - The Big Picture 2016-09-01
The Big Picture (Intro)
Ebonics (Criminal Slang)
Size 'Em Up
Deadly Combination (feat. 2Pac)
98 Freestyle
Holdin' It Down (feat. A.G., Miss Jones & Stan Spit)
The Enemy (feat. Fat Joe)
Fall Back (feat. Kool G Rap)
Casualties of a Dice Game
Platinum Plus (feat. Big Daddy Kane)
Who You Slidin' Wit (feat. Stan Spit)
Games (feat. Guru & Sadat X)
The Heist Revisitied
The Triboro (feat. Fat Joe, O.C. & Remy Ma)
RBC Records
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Resident Crews of the Mir
Mir: Expedition 14
(EO-14)
Crew, launch- and landing data
No. Nation Surname Given names Position Spacecraft
(launch) Launch
date Launch
time Spacecraft
(landing) Landing
date Landing
time Mission
duration Orbits
1 Tsibliyev Vasili Vasiliyevich Commander Soyuz TM-17 01.07.1993 14:32:57.834 UTC Soyuz TM-17 14.01.1994 08:18:20 UTC 196d 17h 45m 22s 3113
2 Serebrov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Flight Engineer Soyuz TM-17 01.07.1993 14:32:57.834 UTC Soyuz TM-17 14.01.1994 08:18:20 UTC 196d 17h 45m 22s 3113
Backup Crew
No. Nation Surname Given names Position
1 Afanasiyev Viktor Mikhailovich Commander
2 Usachyov Yuri Vladimirovich Flight Engineer
Expedition Report
Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and landing 215 km west of Karaganda / 180 km southwest of Tselinograd.
It was the French Mission ALTAIR. During the pass in orbit 4, 19:03 UTC, Vasili Tsibliyev reported all details about the 2nd orbit correction, which was executed during that pass. All went as scheduled. This had been also the case with the 1st orbit correction. Vasili Tsibliyev reported details about this correction as well for during that correction Soyuz TM-17 was out of range of tracking stations. Among the reported data were the times (in seconds) during which the S.K.D. (engines) worked, the gained speed in M/sec, the so called SIRT (fuel consumption in KG) and some pressures in tanks. During the pass in orbit 5 (20:36 UTC) again radio traffic loud and clear. During the next pass the cosmonauts slept. At 22:13:45 UTC Soyuz TM-17 could be seen passing the TCA as a clear star in elevation 39 degrees. On July 02, 1993 Soyuz TM-17 flew autonomously.
Following a two-day solo flight Soyuz TM-17 docked with the Mir space station on July 03, 1993. In a unique maneuver on July 03, 1993, Progress M-18 undocked from Mir, clearing the port for the docking only minutes later of Soyuz TM-17 with the Mir-14 crew of Vasili Tsibliyev and Aleksandr Serebrov.
It followed a common scientific work with the 13th resident crew. After returning to Earth of the 13th crew (together with Jean-Pierre Haigneré), Vasili Tsibliyev and Aleksandr Serebrov became the 14th Mir resident crew. They performed experiments in materials science.
During the experiment 'Rodeo' on July 03, 1993 Progress M-17 undocked from the Mir station while Soyuz TM-17 was waiting for the docking port freed by Progress M-17. Progress M-17 undocked at 15:53 UTC. Soyuz TM-17 docked to Mir at 16:24 UTC. The return-capsule of Progress M-17 landed safely in Kazakhstan at 18:02 UTC.
The Mir-13 crew returned to earth aboard Soyuz TM-16 on July 22, 1993. Progress M-18 remained docked to the station in a systems longevity test.
Just after the separation of the Life compartment (BO) and the Motor block from the Landing module (SA) the SA entered the dense layers of the atmosphere at 06:18:17 UTC surrounded by the fire of the plasma. At a distance of approximately 400 km the crew on board Mir was able to observe this through porthole no. 9. At 06:26:55 UTC the main parachute opened and the landing took place at 06:41:00 UTC. So, the crew of the Mir-13 crew, Gennadi Manakov and Aleksandr Poleshchuk, and the French 'spationaute' Jean-Pierre Haigneré accomplished their flights.
The night of August 12-13, 1993 the Perseid meteor shower peaked. The Perseids occur every year at this time, but in 1993 an unusually high peak was predicted. Because of this, the U.S. delayed launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery, which was scheduled to be in orbit at this time. The Mir-14 crew continued to work aboard Mir, but Russia took precautions: planes and helicopters stood by for the possible emergency return of Soyuz TM-17. During the shower, the cosmonauts mounted an around-the-clock watch, and observed about 240 meteoroids burning up in the atmosphere beneath Mir. They also noted ten window impacts, which produced craters from 1.5 to 4 mm across. Mir impact sensors noted a particle flux of up to 2000 times the normal mean rate during the Perseid shower. Mir sustained no readily apparent consequential damage from the meteoroids, but the Russians decided to mount EVAs to inspect Mir's exterior nonetheless.
Progress M-19 with food, water, fuel, post, spare parts, etc. docked to the forward docking port transition section -P.Kh.O.) on August 13, 1993 at 00:00 UTC. The operation passed off smoothly and Vasili Tsibliyev reported the hermetic air-seal and the opening of the hatch to Progress M-19. The cosmonauts expressed their gratitude for all what Progress M-19 delivered, but in Aleksandr Serebrov's opinion the Progress M-19 was 'too empty'. He said that only 66% of the cargo-volume had been utilized. Nevertheless, he was satisfied about the post, the new paper for the RTTY printer and the renewed instructions for evacuation in case of emergency.
The first EVA occurred on September 16, 1993 (4h 18m). The cosmonauts assembled the Rapana girder on top of Kvant. This was a girder assembly experiment with implications for the development of a possible second Mir space station.
There was a change in previous plans: so not as expected, the inspection of the outer surface of the complex or the transfer of the solar batteries from the Kristall module to the Kvant1. This time they prepared the installation at the base of the Sofora mast of a truss structure, called Rapana. The Rapana uses the design for the construction of support arms, which was planned to use for Mir-2 or for Mir-2's integration in the international station Freedom. The Rapana has a length of several meters and a cylindrical shape. For the installation of this Rapana 3 EVA's are needed. After the installation the Rapana served as a platform for experimental materials to be exposed to the influence of open space.
On September 20, 1993 (3h 13m) both cosmonauts performed the second spacewalk completing the assembly of Rapana.
The Rapana is standing perpendicularly on the Kvant1 module near the Sofora mast. The Sofora is standing under an angle of 79 degrees and inclines towards the forward side of the complex. The crew installed materials, samples and equipment on the Rapana for an exposure to open space during half a year. After this period the samples etc. have to be returned to earth for analyses.
Vasili Tsibliyev and Aleksandr Serebrov went out of the station on September 28, 1993 (1h 51m) for the third EVA. They carried out miscellaneous tasks and inspecting Mir's exterior in the first phase of the Panorama program. They spotted a 5-mm hole through one of the solar arrays. The hole was surrounded by an area of cracks several cm across.
They had to return early due to a malfunction in the thermoregulation of Commander Vasili Tsibliyev's spacesuit. So, they closed the hatch behind them at 02:48 UTC. TsUP considered to continue the EVA by Aleksandr Serebrov alone, but 'safety first' prevailed and both cosmonauts concluded the operation at 02:48 UTC. So, they could not execute the whole plan for this EVA. Main task was the experiment Panorama, an inspection of the outside elements of the station by photo- and video camera. They partly fulfilled this task. The second task was the collection of the American experiment TREK. Aleksandr Serebrov removed the unit in which samples and materials had been exposed to open space for a long time and brought this back on board. In the near future this experiment will be brought back to earth for analyses by the American scientists. Communications during this EVA took place via Altair and after the EVA at 04:39 UTC Mir and TsUP communicated again via VHF.
The launch of freighter Progress M-20 took place on October 11, 1993 at 21:33. Progress M-20 reached the right initial orbit and the first corrections have been executed successfully. Progress M-20 delivered to the Mir station spare parts, food, water, fuel and post. It contained also a package of experiments in the framework of Biokrist. These were protein-crystallization experiments from several countries. One experiment is of Dr. Grip of the Faculty for Eye Surgery, University of Nijmegen (the Netherlands). A Biokrist container, including the same Dutch experiment, has been on board of the Mir complex in the first 3 months of 1992. During the transport, after the skilful delivery on earth by the cosmonauts Aleksandr Volkov and Sergei Krikalyov, something went wrong due to extreme low temperatures and the results suffered damages. The present experiment returned to earth by the crew of this expedition. In two days, Progress M-20 flew to Mir and docked to the station on October 13, 1993. The approach and docking took place in the automatic mode under observation of the crew. The docking took place a little bit later than expected.
The fourth EVA was performed on October 22, 1993 (0h 38m) again by both cosmonauts. They conducted the Panorama inspection of Mir and performed miscellaneous tasks. This EVA ended earlier than planned due to a malfunction of a life system Aleksandr Serebrov's spacesuit.
For the fifth and final EVA both cosmonauts left the space station on October 29, 1993 (4h 12m). They inspected Mir as part of the Panorama program and conducted miscellaneous tasks. By the end of Panorama they had inspected the entire skin of Mir. Panorama revealed many small impact sites on Mir, but though no hull penetrations.
They fully accomplished their tasks: the experiment Panorama, during which Aleksandr Serebrov made video-images of the outer surface of the station, they removed samples of materials which had been exposed to open space and placed new samples and on instructions from experts on earth they carried out an inspection of objects on the outside, for instance the solar panels. They also carried out prophylactic work. Most of the radio-communications was relayed by the satellite Altair. The cosmonauts returned to the airlock and they told TsUP that they were ready to close the hatch on TsUP's command. So, they did at 17:50 UTC and they immediately started with the equalization of the pressures between the airlock and the Instrument-Scientific compartment.
On November 21, 1993 Progress M-19 docked to the station. On January 10, 1994 Progress M-19 departed and Mir-15 crew (Viktor Afanasiyev, Yuri Usachyov, Valeri Polyakov) arrived aboard Soyuz TM-18.
Soyuz TM-18 was launched from Baikonur on January 08, 1994 at 10:05 UTC. The crew consisted of Viktor Afanasiyev, who made his 2nd flight, Flight Engineer Yuri Usachyov and the Doctor Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov, making his 2nd flight. On January 10, 1994 at 11:50 UTC Soyuz TM-18 docked to the Mir station. Approach and docking took place in the automatic mode by the use of the system Kurs.
The Soyuz spacecraft is composed of three elements attached end-to-end - the Orbital Module, the Descent Module and the Instrumentation/Propulsion Module. The crew occupied the central element, the Descent Module. The other two modules are jettisoned prior to re-entry. They burn up in the atmosphere, so only the Descent Module returned to Earth.
Having shed two-thirds of its mass, the Soyuz reached Entry Interface - a point 400,000 feet (121.9 kilometers) above the Earth, where friction due to the thickening atmosphere began to heat its outer surfaces. With only 23 minutes left before it lands on the grassy plains of central Asia, attention in the module turned to slowing its rate of descent.
Eight minutes later, the spacecraft was streaking through the sky at a rate of 755 feet (230 meters) per second. Before it touched down, its speed slowed to only 5 feet (1.5 meter) per second, and it lands at an even lower speed than that. Several onboard features ensure that the vehicle and crew land safely and in relative comfort.
Four parachutes, deployed 15 minutes before landing, dramatically slowed the vehicle's rate of descent. Two pilot parachutes were the first to be released, and a drogue chute attached to the second one followed immediately after. The drogue, measuring 24 square meters (258 square feet) in area, slowed the rate of descent from 755 feet (230 meters) per second to 262 feet (80 meters) per second.
The main parachute was the last to emerge. It is the largest chute, with a surface area of 10,764 square feet (1,000 square meters). Its harnesses shifted the vehicle's attitude to a 30-degree angle relative to the ground, dissipating heat, and then shifted it again to a straight vertical descent prior to landing.
The main chute slowed the Soyuz to a descent rate of only 24 feet (7.3 meters) per second, which is still too fast for a comfortable landing. One second before touchdown, two sets of three small engines on the bottom of the vehicle fired, slowing the vehicle to soften the landing.
Vasili Tsibliyev and Aleksandr Serebrov boarded Soyuz TM-17 on January 14, 1994 for the return home. They separated from the forward port of the Mir station. At 07:43:59 a.m., the Mission Control Center in Korolyov (TsUP) ordered Vasili Tsibliyev to steer Soyuz TM-17 to within 15 meters of the Kristall module to begin photography of the APAS-89 docking system. At 07:46:20 a.m., Vasili Tsibliyev complained that Soyuz TM-17 was handling sluggishly. Aleksandr Serebrov, standing by for photography in the orbital module, then asked Vasili Tsibliyev to move the spacecraft out of the station plane because it was coming close to one of the solar arrays. In Mir, Viktor Afanasiyev ordered Valeri Polyakov and Yuri Usachyov to evacuate to the Soyuz TM-18 spacecraft. At 07:47:30 a.m., controllers in the TsUP saw the image from Soyuz TM-17’s external camera shake violently, and Aleksandr Serebrov reported that Soyuz TM-17 had hit Mir. The TsUP then lost communications with Mir and Soyuz TM-17. Intermittent communications were restored with Soyuz TM-17 at 07:52 a.m. Voice communications with Mir were not restored until 08:02 a.m. Inspection of Soyuz TM-17 indicated no serious damage. In this connection, the Russians revealed that they had studied contingency reentries by depressurized spacecraft in the wake of the Soyuz 11 accident. The Mir cosmonauts did not feel the impact, though the station’s guidance system registered angular velocity and switched to free flying mode.
Later analysis indicated that the right side of the orbital module had struck Mir two glancing blows 2 seconds apart. The impact point was on Kristall, near its connection to the Mir base block. The cause of the impact was traced to a switch error: the hand controller in the orbital module which governed braking and acceleration was switched on, disabling the equivalent hand controller (the left motion control lever) in the descent module. Vasili Tsibliyev was able to use the right lever to steer Soyuz past Mir’s solar arrays, antennas, and docking ports after it became clear impact was inevitable.
EVA data
Name Start End Duration Mission Airlock Suit
EVA Serebrov, Aleksandr 16.09.1993, 05:58 UTC 16.09.1993, 10:16 UTC 4h 18m Soyuz TM-17 Mir - Kvant2 Orlan-DMA No. 14
EVA Tsibliyev, Vasili 16.09.1993, 05:58 UTC 16.09.1993, 10:16 UTC 4h 18m Soyuz TM-17 Mir - Kvant2 Orlan-DMA No. 25
SEVA Tsibliyev, Vasili 28.09.1993, 00:57 UTC 28.09.1993, 02:48 UTC 1h 51m Soyuz TM-17 Mir - Kvant2 Orlan-DMA No. 25
SEVA Serebrov, Aleksandr 20.10.1993, 15:47 UTC 20.10.1993, 16:25 UTC 0h 38m Soyuz TM-17 Mir - Kvant2 Orlan-DMA No. 14
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Scotish sensation Craig McEwan vs Danny Perez headlines show at Pechanga Resort & Casino
Unbeaten in 18 pro bouts, Scottish southpaw Craig McEwan has been taking out every middleweight in his path over the last four years. On Friday, July 23rd, he will have to get passed local favorite Danny Perez in the main event of TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California.
Local boxing hero, Danny Perez, gets another shot at fame and fortune when he faces Scotish sensation Craig McEwan at the Pechanga Resort & Casino July 23, 2010. Photo credit: J. Wyatt
This McEwan/Perez matchup replaces the original Sergio Mora/Juan Carlos Candelo bout that was cancelled due to Mora’s signing of a more lucrative contract to fight Sugar Shane Mosley in September.
What makes the McEwan/Perez matchup intriguing is the fact the two boxers are now at the crossroads of their careers. McEwan at 28 years of age is in his prime and the storied veteran, Perez, at 33 years of age might be slipping a bit.
Over his 15-year career, Perez (34-7, 17 KO’s), a Carlsbad, CA. native, has been in with some of the best boxers in the game to include the highly touted Cuban prospect Erislandy Lara, Jesse Brinkley and former World Champion Antonio Margarito (twice) who he sent to the canvas in a razor thin split decision loss in their first fight. Perez lost his last two bouts, the one against Erislandy Lara (11-0) and Carlos Molina (17-4).
The native of Edinburgh, Scotland, McEwan (18-0, 10 KO’s) established himself as one of the best prospects to emerge from the United Kingdom in years. He has wins over Brian Vera, Darnell Boone and James Parison. The Freddie Roach trained McEwan plans to make Perez the next big name on his resume.
Paramount’s 23-year old featherweight prospect Charles Huerta (13-1, 7 KO’s) has bounced back after his shocking upset first round knockout loss to Derrick Wilson (7-1) on July 30th of last year with easy wins over two patsies, Rodrigo Aranda and Guadalupe DeLeon. Aranda and DeLeon’s combined record in their last 12 matches, two wins and 10 loses. This time out, Huerta will be facing Mexicali’s Jonathan Arias (15-5, 8 KOs’). Arias’ road to success has been paved by fighting boxers of questionable ability. The combined record of his last six opponents is 10-35-1.
Also on the undercard, 21-year-old power puncher Keith Thurman (12-0) has 11 knockouts with eight of those knockouts coming in the first round. His opponent, Cuba’s Stalinn Lopez, (7-0, 3 KOs’) is perfect in seven starts.
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Rapper Snoop Dogg faces drugs and gun possession charges after being searched and arrested at a California airport.
Police allegedly uncovered a gun and a quantity of cannabis in the musician's car after they stopped him for parking in a loading area at Bob Hope Airport.
Snoop Dogg - real name Calvin Broadus - paid bail of $35,000 (£18,500) and is due to appear in court on 12 December.
Last month, a collapsible truncheon was discovered in his baggage as he was boarding a flight to New York.
The authorities in California have yet to press charges over the matter.
Airport brawl
The rapper's lawyer Donald Eltra said there was "no basis" for the arrest, adding "we believe that once this is cleared up, all charges will be dismissed".
Earlier this year, Snoop Dogg was cautioned by police in London following a brawl at Heathrow Airport.
He was acquitted of murder in 1996 following the death of an alleged gang member who was killed by gunfire from the vehicle Snoop Dogg was travelling in.
The rapper was convicted in 1990 of cocaine possession and charged with gun possession after being stopped for a routine police check in 1993.
He pleaded guilty in exchange for three years' probation and a promise to make public service announcements denouncing violence.
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The minute Brandi stepped off the college bus, she had to get on the phone with Paw-Paw to tell him about her day, Harris says. If Brandi mentioned she was too sick to go to college, Jack took her to function with him. Even right after Brandi got older, she and her Paw-Paw loved to stretch out on the bed together, watching Tv and eating popcorn.
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View of Union Station #2 in 1898 in the background and the temporary wooden viaduct built in 1888 to allow street traffic to flow over the busy rail lines
Union Station #2
The 2nd Union Station faced High Street with its front parallel to the street. It was well set back from the street, but there were even more tracks crossing High Street. An effort was made to avoid this dangerous crossing by digging a pair of tunnels underneath the tracks for pedestrians and horse drawn trolley cars. This became a nightmarish problem due to lack of adequate ventilation and lighting and pedestrians avoided the tunnel at all costs.
Union Station 2 was built 350 feet east of High Street, but the tracks still crossed High Street. However, compared to the old station, trains spent less time blocking the street. At the time it was built, it was believed this station would take care of Columbus' train needs well into the future. The 3-story depot featured 7 arches where trains could enter the building and unload and board passengers. The arch theme was repeated not only in the windows, but also the buttresses surrounding the windows. This station was devotedly completely for passenger trains. Freight trains were serviced further east.
Union Station in 1891 when General William Sherman's funeral train stopped in Columbus on its way from New York to St. Louis. An estimated 10,000 mourners arrived at the station to pay their respects.
At the time of completion the station was servicing 42 trains daily. By 1893, there were 118 daily passenger trains, not including the many freight trains that passed through on the way to the freight yards. Even though pedestrian traffic was eased somewhat with the new layout, there were still problems. The High Street crossing was still dangerous especially when you consider that railroad crossing gates were still many years in the future.
To help cope with the problems created by the high volume of train traffic and Columbus' main road, a pair of 160' tunnels were built underneath the tracks so traffic could safely pass without fear of being hit by a moving train. However, these tunnels soon became a hazard themselves. They were built without adequate ventilation and only lit with oil lamps. In a short period of time these dark tunnels became cess pools that even the hardiest citizens avoided if at all possible.
Looking north on High Street from the viaduct at Union Station in 1890 vs today.
Construction of the first viaduct spanning the increasing number of rail lines
The first viaduct is built
Despite the new location, train traffic was still creating problems for the growing city. In 1888, the Centennial celebration honoring the 100th anniversary of the first settlers arriving in Marietta, Ohio was being held in Columbus. The Exposition formally opened on September 4, 1888. This also included the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) which was an organization for Civil War veterans who served in the Union Army.
The above photograph shows the first wooden viaduct that ran above the tracks, as well as the two underground tunnels that went beneath the tracks. This photograph was taken looking directly north on High Street and Union Station #2 would be to the right out of camera view.
It was planning for these two major events that city officials decided they needed to do something to ease the congestion on North High Street. The answer was to build a viaduct over the rail lines. This wasn't fancy, but it worked. A wooden bridge was erected across the tracks. This innovative solution was further refined when station #3 was constructed a number of years later.
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How Do you Enlighten a Heart to Help Others?
Thu, 22 Oct 2015 William Niu
There was once a male student who graduated with a college degree in Science & Technology. However, he thought his interests did not align and he considered switching to Traditional Chinese Medicine.
He asked: How do you inspire a heart to save others?
Dharma Master Cheng Yen replied:
One must first truly understand life. That is, we should analyze "When humans are born into this world, what is the most valuable?" I once analyzed and thought, nothing is more valuable than life itself. If one truly understands and acknowledges life's worth, one will naturally respect life. There will be a sentiment of respect for life and our affection towards all sentient beings will arise. Through this, there is equality and an undiscriminating love towards all sentient beings.
The student admitted there are many things that still cannot see clearly. Because of this, he was always running and looking around but unable to understand. As a result, he was increasingly lost and was feeling much pain.
Do we have to have seen everything in order for our heart to truly understand? When we see the flowers blossom at this time, at this moment, do we have to travel around the world to prove that it is truly the blooming season here, and because of this, the flowers are blossoming? In reality, once we find a point, hold on to it and deeply ponder about it with our heart, and then we naturally gain understanding. It is like studying bacteria. We need to use a microscope to look at it closely in order to understand it. When we focus on this point, we will gain great understanding.
On the road to pursuit of wisdom and knowledge, one should stay focused. Be precise, pragmatic but not over-ambitious. When we deeply study one discipline, we will be able to discover its marvels. It's just like choosing your area of specialization in school. We usually choose it based on which our interests lie. If we say we dislike it after studying it four years, after graduation, won't these four years be a waste? Therefore, if you have decided that you are passionate about medicine, then follow your heart and focus on studying it. Furthermore, you have to nurture this sentiment, an appreciation and love for life. With that, you will not say you have lost interest in the future and want to quit or switch to another discipline. It is important to focus our minds deeply and dedicate ourselves wholeheartedly. On then we can gain understanding of its wonders.
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Disk ID: 1171436
Disk length: 45m 41s (12 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 2001
Label: Unknown
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“Fever” Tracks & Durations
1. More more more 4:42
2. Love at first sight 3:59
3. Can't get you out al my head 3:51
4. Fever 3:31
5. Give it to me 2:50
6. Fragile 3:46
7. Come into my world 4:31
8. In your eyes 3:20
9. Cancefloor 3:25
10. Love affair 3:49
11. You love 3:49
12. Burning up 3:59
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Fever was released on a wave of publicity as the lead single, "Can't Get You out of My Head," battled on the U.K. charts with the debut effort of Spice diva Victoria Beckham--and it won spectacularly. Kylie Minogue's sound has progressed again since the disco-inspired Light Years, plundering the retro style of post-disco electro from the late 1970s and showing what might have happened if Kraftwerk had produced Donna Summer or Chic. Unlike most pop albums, or indeed pop artists, Fever is geared toward high-energy dance rather than pedestrian "I love lovin' you" ballads. Aside from the aforementioned hit single, another standout is "Give It to Me," a great piece of dance pop that has everything from Britney-style wailings to Basement Jaxx funk wrapped up with a catchy and typically suggestive chorus. The closest Minogue gets to a gentler moment is at the very end with "Burning Up," a breezy guitar progression with a laid-back melody, but it doesn't last long as the need to start dancing again takes hold and Fever breaks into some electro funk, finishing on a definite high. --David Trueman
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Mrs. Winchester’s wisdom was like a knife, cutting through the various mysteries and confusion that permeated the ordinary lives of her townspeople and leaving behind both structure and purpose.
Her morning warning was not intended to devalue the unresolved feelings and matters of personal importance for both of her favorite young persons. However, she could not ignore the yet to be explained danger that the reclusive Count had brought to her door.
Her granddaughter was silent as she rode in the coach that would take her to the man who had that premonition of unspecified trouble. The count’s servant, Giles, was draped in ungainly fashion in the seat across from her; he was uncharacteristically quiet as he stared up at the ceiling of this contraption he called the “leather coffin.” The carriage moved too slowly for his taste, commanded by a sleepy looking servant who he called “Charles.” But he had not pushed aside his substitute. His fingers had begun to ache and tremble — a sign that the effect of the medication prepared for him by Hastings under Wolfram’s orders was beginning to wane.
Elanore was not cognizant of the subtle deterioration in the state of her companion. Her mind was elsewhere, contemplating both the stern words of her grandmother and the strange and sometimes unreadable demeanor of Edmund. He had always been open and transparent in nature, but at times she felt him closed off to others. This perception that the distance between them was increasing troubled her.
As for the stern words from her grandmother, Elanore knew that the scolding had been rightly administered. In fact, both the lady and the gentleman sitting in the coach were acutely embarrassed that neither really could express to the Mayor what caused the Count to be afraid.
Chastened by their ignorance and tired from the previous evening, both parties did not pay heed to their surroundings. They did not see the pale woman who passed their coach as she walked along the treeline near the road. The woman –an odd bundle of furs and accessories– was heading north, back towards town.
Due to their lateness in setting out, they did not cross pass with the hunters who had followed the ridiculous mess of tracks in various circles before stumbling on the road, irritated and annoyed. “The blasted thing was playing,” was the disgusted conclusion of the guildmaster before he led his men away to look at the odd circular clearing full of wolves tracks nearby. By the time the Count’s coach approached his estate, the hunters were already well west of the bridge of the guardian lion trekking deeper into the woods west of the Northern Highway.
These hunters passed quite near the Count’s estate but did so largely unobserved; the usual guardian was not at his usual post. Even if he had observed them and had ridden out to meet the large party, he would have had little to say that would mean anything to them. Strange woodsmen had wandered into towns like Winchester in the past, telling stories of elves and strange creatures; none had seen evidence for themselves and would care little for such stories or warnings.
And what of the Count this dreary morning?
Wolfram waited for the arrival of Miss Redley and Giles, standing still at a window along the staircase that led down into the hall. He watched from his vantage point as their coach made its way around the windy drive, observed the girl as she was helped down from the coach by a rather pale looking Giles, and stared as a stone lion broke off from the pedestal and ran around the girl in greeting.
She laughed and reached out to the creature with her fingers. Like a tame dog, it sat before her on its haunches, its tail flickering erratically. They appeared to be conversing, for he could hear her light tones contrasting with strange windy sounds that signified that the beast was saying something in return. He did not have much time to wonder exactly what their conversation was about for it was all but two minutes before the young lady and his coachman turned their heads to look in his general direction.
No longer able to watch unobserved, Wolfram stepped back from the window and walked down the stairs towards the front hallway to receive his guest and see to his servant.
There in that hallway, the three evaluated one another while Hastings fussed about in the background, tending to the assortment of cloaks and coats they had in hand.
Wolfram was quick to note Giles’ hands were trembling slightly.
Nonetheless Giles grinned in greeting. “You look like you’ve had a rough evening, sir.”
Giles’ attempts to distract the Count failed. The Count simply turned to Hastings and ordered him to take the man into the kitchen and feed him. He made it clear that he wanted the man to be well rested by evening to be ready to work.
The young lady could not keep still. “He’s just eaten,” she gave them both a look of mild consternation. “And he should not work until at least tomorrow.”
“Don’t worry, princess,” Giles reached out and mussed the young lady’s hair, to her chagrin. It was only after she shot a glare in his coachman’s direction that the Count noted the effort she had put into her general appearance.
If he were a more amiable sort of man, the Count could have complimented her appearance at this moment, thus smoothing over the situation. Instead, he frowned at the rather familiar means by which his employee addressed he lady, pondering how the two had managed to become so friendly. “Miss Redley, we thank you for your efforts in treating him last night, but from now Hastings and the others will be managing his care as they have done in the past. We have other things to worry over in the parlor.”
Rather quickly, he took the girl’s gloved hand and placed it in the crook of his arm to lead her away, effectively dismissing both Giles and Hastings.
His abruptness was calculated. He knew exactly what was happening to Giles and did not desire for the man worsen in front of the girl. She would not be able to handle the truth about his situation quite yet.
Miss Redley suspected something, indeed, but it had little to do with Giles’ health. She blushed as she walked arm in arm with the Count down the hallway towards the parlor. “The lion came to greet me this morning,” she gave him a sideways glance before she rambled somewhat nervously. “I did try to scold him for running about and tackling Giles. I’m not sure it really was all that sorry for what he did yesterday, but I did tell him that several people now know about him and might try to bother you as a result of his behavior. He promised not to go anywhere while I was here. But beyond that –”
“Who knows about it?” the Count stopped his walking.
“My grandmother, Edmund–” She trailed off when she realized he had dropped her hand rather ungraciously. “Does it matter that much? That cat admitted he’d been all over here and there, tracking interesting smells. He isn’t capable of remembering half the things you tell him. Why do you insist on hiding it?”
He looked displeased. “Curious people like you will flock here in droves, either to attack it or to play with it. I don’t want people meddling about here while you’re training and drawing even more attention to this place.”
“I see,” she had followed him into the parlor and taken a seat at the chair that he had pulled out for her. Elanore frowned slightly as she glanced at the windows over which the curtains appeared to have been drawn shut. “And exactly what is my training for? You showed me stones with interesting properties — namely a tendency to cause light and heat. I can only presume your demonstration had a direct relationship to the Unthings.”
It was now his turn to frown. “Did I not mention before that to be so? The light and heat should be able to turn back and dissipate the shadows.”
Mindful of her grandmother’s earlier scolding, Elanore plunged into the topic further. She had found her opportunity to demand more information. “You expect them to come here then.”
He studied her for a moment, noting how eagerly she waited for an answer. “It is plausible and possible. It has been a rough winter and not much has been present thus far for them to eat. Their motivation to move has been little and the light has likely kept them from moving far beyond their gathering point in the deep woods. However, when darkness comes things will change.”
“What happens then?”
“Stories say they flourish in darkness. They have an affinity to it, although they can for some reason tolerate weak light but not for particularly long. Your recent experience is an example that should be an exception rather than the rule. And yet – well, I don’t quite know how infallible the stories might be. But most creatures hibernate save the stray deer.”
“–And humans,” Miss Redley interjected. “So we are a food source perhaps for them.”
“That is correct,” Wolfram paced the room. “But humans haven’t lived here all that long. I do not think they can multiply so much for the off chance at deer and an occasional person. That made me wonder if perhaps there was something else the Unthings consume — something that emerges only during a time of complete darkness.”
“What manner of creature only comes out in the darkness?” Elanore’s eyes widened.
“You tell me, Miss Redley.”
Elanore shuddered as she recalled stories of imps and werecreatures. “I’m afraid my knowledge is rusty and corrupted by old wives’ tales. Does your book tell you so?”
“No,” he sighed. “It is a copy of accounts that my grandfather transcribed from other sources and felt to be reputable.” Wolfram added lightly, “He was not here for the last eclipse, but the elves that were would never venture out willingly into the dark unless they were very strong in magic. Even if they did, they would stay away from the deep woods and choose a place like this, with plenty of water and lightstones at their disposal.”
“I’d like to see your book if you would indulge me,” the young lady stood suddenly. “I understand you mean to train me to do something against the Unthings, but I am now quite concerned about what they might hunt. Grandmother was similarly interested in what the darkness might bring. She means to engage the guild bookmaster for his assistance.”
The Count hesitated for a moment, perhaps uncertain what this time spent might yield. “I will do so, but your viewing of it must be second to learning. Your lessons must come first today.”
“I understand,” Elanore sat primly in her chair, offering the man her best impression of a good student.
Her desire to please him had an unexpected effect of endearing her to him. He looked away for a moment, suddenly feeling rather unsettled by the sensation. He feigned a cough before withdrawing a folded piece of paper from his pocket. “Study this, Miss Redley. Memorize the contents therein while I retrieve the book.”
Elanore took the paper in hand with a nod and opened it after the Count quickly disappeared out the door. She looked down at the piece of paper, expecting to find a passage of text. Instead, she found herself staring at an odd pictogram.
Chapter 17, Part A: A Circle of Light — 7 Comments
Marcus on November 29, 2011 at 9:32 am said:
Elenore meeting the lion again is just begging to be sketched, shame I have trouble with stick figures..
ThePuppetmaster on November 29, 2011 at 6:04 pm said:
hah! I’ll consider that a request. I hope to open up some free time in December to do a few b/w and toned drawings… I’ll consider other requests for characters or suggestions for scenes, so everyone leave ’em here 😀
ArcherQ on December 2, 2011 at 3:07 am said:
I really like your multilayered character development. Each one is interesting. Although it’s hard to have to wait for each installment to find out more! Thanks for the story.
ThePuppetmaster on December 2, 2011 at 9:40 pm said:
Yeah – I wish I could write faster, but time is a precious, rare commodity these days! Glad though you are still enjoying reading 🙂
Anne on December 3, 2011 at 10:04 pm said:
Hi,I’ve been reading this for a while and I’ve finally caught up with the story. It’s an amazing story with brilliant characters.(I’ve deciced that Count is my favorite XD) But now I have to wait for the next update. D:
ThePuppetmaster on December 3, 2011 at 10:26 pm said:
Aw, thanks for delurking and providing that gracious comment. I’m glad you are enjoying the story. (Granted, I feel a lot of pressure to keep you all happy xD. )
Next update will be Monday if all goes well. It’s been a bizarre week for me post-Thanksgiving, so it may be shorter than anticipated, but it will be there Monday!
veronica on December 19, 2011 at 4:00 pm said:
Love it.. Please write more. 🙂
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Nokia Music Store vouchers
By Thomas McKinnon 6 July 2009 | Categories: news
In an effort to make the Nokia Music Store (NMS) more accessible to consumers, Nokia have struck a deal with Edcon to sell NMS vouchers in CNA and Edgars stores nationwide.
Consumers without a credit card, or those who just don’t want to use credit cards to buy music online, are now able to buy R50, R100 and R150 vouchers through 200 CNA and 150 Edgars stores around the country.
“The relationship with Edcon, and more specifically Edgars and CNA, is a big step in Nokia’s efforts to broaden the access points to the new online Nokia Music Store,” says Vithesh Reddy, head of sales for Nokia South Africa. “The availability of vouchers from these traditional outlets adds another purchase option, making it easier for consumers to log on and find their favourite tracks and albums.”
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Boys vs. Girls in San Antonio
Teen Debate Over Elvis in '56
A regular feature in many newspapers during the latter half of the 1950s was a “teen” column. It reflected the concern most communities had for their adolescent children in those socially turbulent years. The presentation of the “teen” column varied from paper to paper, but one common format was a teen panel discussion. A newspaper writer would moderate as a group of teenagers discussed a relevant topic, and the results would be printed in the space the paper weekly devoted to teen concerns.
Of course, the controversy surrounding Elvis Presley eventually came up in most of these teen panel discussions, usually around the time the singer brought his show to town. That’s what happened on October 14,1956, when Elvis played San Antonio, Texas. That same day the headline over the “Teen Sounding Board” column in the San Antonio Express read, “Elvis Presley: Ugh! Say Boys, But S.A. Girls Like Him!” A few days earlierExpress Teen Editor Connie Cullum had gathered together six city teens and listened to their opinions about the rock ’n’ roll phenom.
• Boys attack Elvis while girls defend him
“The Elvis Spell has not caught all teen-agers,” Miss Cullum noted in introducing the six Express-News Teen Sounding Board panel of three boys (Lawson, Gary, and Marty) and three girls (Pat, Fran, and Jan). She noted that, in general, “the young men dislike the rock and roll king as much as their girlfriends worship him. Still, their table pounding demonstrated he inspires strong feelings, whether for or against.”
A running account of the teen discussion follows:
The boys weighed in first. “He stinks,” summarized Lawson. “If the girls didn’t go so ape I could enjoy him.” Marty admitted that part of the reason boys didn’t like Elvis was jealousy. “He’s good-looking and has a lot of money,” he explained, “and he’s pretty much taken the girls.” Gary also admitted that it wasn’t so much Elvis that irritated him, but rather how the girls reacted to Elvis. “When his new record came out—Love Me Tender—they played it on the radio 10 minutes straight,” recalled Gary. “We were having a paper drive, and these girls made me stop the truck I was driving so they could listen … I don’t mind listening to him, but when you’re with a girl on a date and he comes on the radio … (he imitates a girlish squeal) … Makes me sick.”
• "His singing is the destruction of one of the most beautiful arts …”
Marty then pulled out a prepared written statement. “He’s ruining or lowering the standards of many decent teen-agers today,” he read. “His singing is the destruction of one of the most beautiful arts given humans by God.” Lawson, however, didn’t believe Elvis was harming young people. “A person will be either low or not,” he said. Marty argued, “Any upper class person that goes for something low is lowered. He does influence a lot of teens. He could be of harm just while he’s in his big flair, because people will do things they wouldn’t do otherwise. But that will go when Elvis goes.”
Why do some teens go for Elvis? Lawson explained it was because those who like Elvis “haven’t had many kicks and want attention.” As for the girls, “Mostly they like him because of lack of male companionship,” added Marty.
• Girls say boys are just jealous of Elvis
That caused the girls to jump to Elvis’s defense. “The boys are just jealous,” said Jan. “They think it’s their duty NOT to like him.” Pat added, “And that the other boys will make fun of them if they do.”
The girls had trouble putting into words just why they liked Elvis. “But I heard him when he was a Western singer, before I ever saw him, and I thought he was different and fascinating,” Pat said. “It’s his voice and him and everything.” Fran added, “He puts everything into his songs, and they have so much feeling. I don’t think he has anything to do with lowering standards. He’d go out of fad if people would let people who like him listen to him.” Jan noted, “He has the basic quality that should be in an entertainer. He transmits his feeling to you. He came at the right time, because I just idolized James Dean.”
The boys and girls then entered into a back-and-forth exchange:
Pat: “He’s a very humble person. On TV, he says thank you and everything.”
Lawson: “You’ll have to admit when he first started he was vulgar as heck.”
Pat: “But he doesn’t do that anymore and we still like him.”
Jan: “He feels the music, that’s all.”
Lawson: “You girls eat that up and you know it.”
• All teens on panel disliked fans “going ape” over Elvis
Continuing their defense of Elvis, Jan pointed to the odd behavior of their parents’ generation. “When our mothers were young they had idols, too,” Jan said. “How about during the 20’s? The Elvis craze is no worse than swallowing goldfish.” None of the girls, though, thought they’d like to meet Elvis. “I’d be disappointed,” Jan explained.
When it came to Elvis, there seemed to be just one thing the whole panel could agree upon. They all disliked fans who “go ape” when Elvis sings. All panelists concurred that such teenagers were either following the crowd or were seeking personal attention.
There was no follow-up article after Elvis appeared in San Antonio, but I would have liked to have asked those kids a couple of questions afterwards. First, if any of the girls went to Elvis’s concert, could they honestly say they didn’t “go ape” a little bit? Second, after seeing Elvis perform, would Pat still believe he no longer used what she characterized as “vulgar” movements on stage?
In her review of Elvis’s San Antonio show, Connie Collum wrote in the Express, “Elvis … stood straddle legged, wiggling his hips, as fans fell to their knees before him and beat their palms and heads against the floor.” That sounds like an example of what the teen panel referred to as "going ape" for Elvis. — Alan Hanson | © March 2009
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"I don’t mind listening to him, but when you’re with a girl on a date and he comes on the radio … (he imitates a girlish squeal) … Makes me sick."
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Lebanese gather at Hariri grave as his assassination case goes to court
Source: AP TELEVISION
Dateline: Beirut - 1 Mar 2009/ FILE
1. Wide of Beirut city skyline
2. Mid of Lebanese army Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) on road
3. Close of APC
4. Mid of traffic on Beirut city street
5. Various of newspapers
6. Wide of Al-Amin mosque
7. Close of mosque
8. Wide of people standing around murdered former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's grave
9. Mid of people reciting versus of the Quran at Hariri's grave
10. Mid of Hariri's grave with pictures of Hariri in background
11. Close of Hariri's picture
12. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mohammad El-Sheikh, resident, vox pop:
"This tribunal will put an end to the killing, the criminal must be punished."
13. Mid of people standing around the grave
14. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Leila Fleifel, resident, vox pop:
"Lebanon will not be a place for living or for development if this tribunal is not effective."
15. Wide of traffic on city street
16. Mid of Lebanese army APC under bridge
FILE: 04 September 2000
17. Various of Hariri greeting people
FILE: 26 October 2000
18. Convoy of Hariri arriving at presidential palace after being elected Prime Minister
19. Hariri getting out of car and walking into presidential palace
20. Various of meeting between Hariri and then Lebanese President Emile Lahoud
21. Close of photographs of Hariri and his family
22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rafik Hariri, former Lebanese Prime Minister:
"I believe we have to open the economy as much as we can, we have to overcome all the obstacles and try to make Lebanon as the commercial centre and financial centre for the middle east."
23. Close of Lebanese flag
"You know, there's a consensus in Lebanon that Israel has to withdraw from all Lebanese territory. Anyway for me, I believe in peace and I believe that we have to do everything to achieve peace in the region."
25. Hariri talking mobile phone
An international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was starting work on Sunday at its headquarters in a village outside The Hague.
Despite the start of proceedings, it is still not known who will be accused in the suicide truck bombing that killed Hariri and 22 other people on a seaside street in Beirut on 14 February 2005.
Lebanese army forces in armoured personnel carriers were deployed on the streets of Beirut on Sunday to maintain calm.
Hundreds of Hariri supporters gathered peacefully around his grave in downtown Beirut, many expressing their support for the tribunal.
Mohammad El-Sheikh a resident in Beirut said whoever was responsible for the killing must be punished and he hoped the tribunal would achieve that.
While Leila Fleifel said Lebanon would not be a suitable place for living if the tribunal was not effective.
Four pro-Syrian generals are being held in Lebanese custody although none of them have been formally charged with Hariri's murder.
The generals led Lebanon's police, intelligence service and an elite army unit at the time of the assassination.
Court prosecutor Daniel Bellemare of Canada said he expects to request within weeks for Lebanon to transfer to the court the four generals.
As prime minister, Hariri, a billionaire businessman, was credited with rebuilding downtown Beirut after the 1975-90 civil war, and with trying to limit Syria's influence.
Many in Lebanon believe Syria was behind the assassination.
Syria has denied any involvement.
After the assassination, mass street protests in Lebanon and international pressure forced Syria to withdraw its troops from its neighbour after a 29-year presence.
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon to investigate Hariri's killing was set up by the UN Security Council in 2007 and comprises both foreign and Lebanese judges.
It is based in the Netherlands to ensure the safety of staff and an impartial trial.
The judges have not yet been sworn in and the names of Lebanese judges have been withheld out of fears for their safety.
Some in Lebanon doubt the tribunal will ever bring out the full truth, believing it might avoid digging deep to ensure Syria does not react by stirring up trouble in Lebanon and other parts of the region.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on a trip through Africa, issued a statement praising Sunday's tribunal opening.
He said the commencement marked a "decisive milestone" in the efforts by all Lebanese and the international community to uncover the truth, and bring those responsible to justice.
The Hariri court is the latest international tribunal to be based in the Netherlands.
The Hague is home to the International Court of Justice, the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal and the International Criminal Court.
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I spent my formative years watching Mary Kate and Ashley’s Trenchcoat Twins series on videotape and playing Nancy Drew computer games until way past my bedtime. So as you can imagine, nothing warms my heart more than seeing smart and powerful women kicking butts, taking names, and catching murderers. From Harriet the Spy to Miss Marple, there is no genre I love more. I have consumed a lot of girl detective content, so I like to think you can trust my opinions. After extensive, lifelong research, this is my list of the top five best female detective shows.
5. Nancy Drew (1995)
This Canadian TV adaptation of Nancy Drew reimagines the classic girl detective as a college student studying criminology in New York City in the 90s. This one is very much in the style of 90s teen shows, so it’s not heavy on blood and gore. There’s definitely more of a focus on “missing pop stars” types of crimes, and with 21-minute episodes, none of the mysteries are very fleshed out. My favorite part of this adaptation is definitely Nancy’s friendship with Bess and George, who help her with nearly every case. Bess is reimagined as the city’s most popular gossip columnist, and George as an aspiring filmmaker. Not to mention, Nancy sports some pretty great 90s style.
4. Rizzoli and Isles
This show has been around since 2010, but somehow I missed it until very recently, when it was recommended to me on Hulu. Rizzoli and Isles centers around Jane Rizzoli, a homicide detective, and Maura Isles, a medical examiner who is also Jane’s best friend. These are true murder mysteries with autopsies and dead bodies, so the squeamish might want to skip it. But in my opinion, the murders aren’t nearly as important to the show as the title characters and their relationship. Jane and Maura are best friends who seriously love each other. So what if Jane can be abrasive and Maura is better with dead people than live ones? They have each other, and it is so heartwarming to me.
3. Jessica Jones
Honestly, is there anyone left who hasn’t seen Jessica Jones? If so, what are you doing? Do you even have Netflix?! Krysten Ritter, one of our greatest TV actresses in my opinion, stars as the title character. Although this takes place in the Marvel universe, it bears little resemblance to Marvel’s big screen superhero action movies. This is dark and gritty noir, dimly lit and unglamorous. Jessica, as a survivor of rape (among other traumas), deals with PTSD in purple-colored flashbacks, and the use of color to note these moments is incredibly powerful. Again, one of my favorite aspects of this show is Jessica’s relationship with her best friend: a relationship that makes her stronger and gives her something to fight for. This show has endless twists and turns and enough suspense to keep you binge-watching way longer than you planned.
2. Veronica Mars
Although I have not given it the number one slot, Veronica Mars is probably my favorite TV show of all time. This is Kristen Bell at peak snark, and Kristen Bell can really do snark. Much like Jessica Jones, this show is unapologetic, classic noir, and it’s not afraid to be dark, or to shun neat, happy endings. Between murder-of-the-week mysteries, the first season sees Veronica on a mission to solve her own rape, her mother’s disappearance, and the murder of her best friend (played by a post-Mean Girls Amanda Seyfried). The show is impeccably paced and has incredible character development.
Veronica Mars never shied away from putting a very real and deeply flawed woman on screen; Veronica makes a lot of bad choices, but I always understand why she’s making them, and I never stop caring about her. There’s also some very cool and diverse mysteries that give Veronica the opportunity to play lots of different roles to get the information she needs. Veronica can morph from a clueless, ditzy blonde sorority girl to a nerdy gamer girl as the case demands, and it’s thrilling to watch. She’s also supported by some great supporting characters, including her best friend Wallace, and on-again-off-again love interest, Logan. This show was cancelled after the third season, and honestly, I will probably never forgive The CW for that. Luckily, there was a movie in 2014 to provide a little closure. If I could recommend any show to anyone, it would be this one. If I could spend the rest of my life watching Veronica Mars and nothing else on permanent repeat, I would do it gladly.
1. Murder, She Wrote
Although I love Veronica Mars as much as it is probably possible for one girl to love a TV show, if we’re going to rank lady detective shows, I must reserve the top slot on this list for the original, the classic, the quintessential, Murder, She Wrote. It is the story of a retired English teacher, Jessica Fletcher, who also happens to write bestselling mystery novels and solve crime (no big deal). You guys, we do not deserve Dame Angela Lansbury. My grandmother watched this when I was a kid and yours probably did too. Let me tell you, our grandmothers have impeccable taste because Murder, She Wrote is an unmitigated delight. There is nothing in this world cozier than brewing a cup of tea, wrapping yourself in a duvet, and watching Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher solve murders in chunky cardigans.
(She really does have an incredible selection of cardigans, and I am not the only admirer of her style. There is an entire fashion inspo Instagram dedicated to looks from Murder, She Wrote called @murdershelook. This is 100% not a joke and I recommend that you follow it immediately.)
This is a cozy kind of murder mystery show — the mysteries wrap up neatly, there’s always a happy ending, and Jessica’s always ready to go on and sleuth another day. In a chaotic world, Murder, She Wrote provides some comforting order.
What are your favorite female-fronted detective series? Sound off in the comments below!
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